presumed

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Kristen Bell, “Nobody Wants This” “It’s a coin toss between presumed front-runners Jean Smart and Lisa Kudrow, with Elle Fanning from ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ a scrappy spoiler in a strong field of candidates.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

“What we don’t know is how much of this preference is meant as a counterweight to incoming Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s presumed dovish bias,” LeBas said.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

"I thought I had been paying monthly mooring fees and I presumed the council tax would be included in that," Polanski told broadcasters on Thursday.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

He’s a more emotional player than originally presumed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

When he was not working, he wrote postcards, scores of them, perhaps hundreds, to the most powerful men in the city, in a voice that presumed he was their equal in social stature.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson