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presumption

[pri-zuhmp-shuhn] / prɪˈzʌmp ʃən /




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She wrought real reputational harms and wrecked the presumption of regularity to the point where judges are now just saying: I just assume you lie all the time.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

The presumption that Dubai is a transient mirage, a Hollywood set built on sand that would unravel once the going gets tough, was no doubt shared in Tehran.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Cannon asserted that doing so here would violate “the presumption of innocence held sacrosanct in our constitutional order,” but that is nonsense.

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2026

On Radio Wales ap Iorwerth said there "should be a presumption in favour" of using underground cables.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

The presumption has been, either that thinking comes naturally, or that the required intellectual tools for thinking about natural science had all been developed by the ancient Greeks.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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