presuming

Example Sentences

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Harris’s advisers stressed that, unlike during the Cold War, the United States is not presuming to tell African nations whom their allies should be.

From Washington Post

Beyond that, Paris organizers promised Sunday to "take sport out of its traditional spaces" and "connect with new audiences in new ways" in 2024 — presuming, of course, the absence of a protracted pandemic.

From Fox News

As a single woman in a foreign city presuming on the unspoken plans of a married man, she knows she’s in a precarious position.

From Washington Post

This utterly inaccurate description is worse than doing the government’s bidding by presuming him guilty of a computer crime the government has not proved and which he denies.

From Washington Post

The company had sold tickets for the trips presuming that Covid restrictions would be lifted on the 21 June.

From BBC