presumptuous

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Jonathan Paquin, a political science professor at Canada's Universite Laval, told AFP: "The American administration was undoubtedly presumptuous in believing it held all the cards."

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

Is it presumptuous to say that an actor has an Oscar in the bag two weeks before the ceremony?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

You can offer to send a Calendly link but sending one out in the first outreach is a bit presumptuous.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

I don’t think he was that presumptuous when he was in court.

From Salon • Nov. 4, 2024

To have continued pronouncing aloud my thoughts on the future of Darlington Hall would have been, to say the very least, presumptuous.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro