presumed
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Jando’s plea agreement makes no mention of cooperation, but it is presumed that he would be a key witness if Guzmán Salazar ever stands trial in the United States.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
We’re presumed to be coldhearted tyrants who spend too much money on gear and private coaches and daydream about DI scholarships that will never come.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Rather than relying only on the size, anatomy or presumed hunting abilities of extinct animals, researchers can use the marks left on bones to identify signs of actual feeding or attacks.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
Authorities are attempting to make contact with 14 people whom they have failed to reach by cell phone but are not yet presumed missing, Sheriff John Nowels told a press conference Monday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Some workers left, thinking that by working under the Zeitoun Painting rainbow they would be presumed to be gay, that somehow the company managed to employ only gay painters.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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