presume

Example Sentences

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Videos captured people murmuring confusedly, presuming technical difficulties, before the truth dawned on the crowd that pyrotechnics would not be forthcoming.

From Salon

"I do believe in a jury of your peers and the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty," he says.

From BBC

“One can only presume that the pressure of the outcry from borrowers made the administration change its mind,” she said.

From MarketWatch

You were appointed to this role, I presume, because you have displayed skills and character traits that instilled confidence in the grantor — the person who set up this trust.

From MarketWatch

Almost nothing is known about her state of health, or the conditions she is living in, although she is presumed to be held in a military prison in the capital Nay Pyi Taw.

From BBC