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presumptive

[pri-zuhmp-tiv] / prɪˈzʌmp tɪv /
ADJECTIVE
assumptive
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By requiring more information from users about where they work, Kalshi said it will be able to "identify presumptive insiders… and screen them out before a trade is ever placed".

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Maine’s Graham Platner, the party’s presumptive nominee for U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Powell, whose term as a governor runs through early 2028, said he would keep a low profile and has no interest in acting as a shadow chair under his presumptive successor, Kevin Warsh.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

USC’s offensive line was already dealt a difficult setback earlier this month when presumptive starting guard DJ Wingfield was denied an injunction in his eligibility lawsuit against the NCAA.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2025

And this touches me, somehow, even more than the presumptive lie about his assets: that this place he has described as so morbidly dysfunctional could amount to a real and compelling human community.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich




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