presumptuous

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"I think it would be pretty presumptuous to have a menu in your head before you actually win the tournament," said the Northern Irishman.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

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

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

It’s presumptuous of me to think he doesn’t have the money for that book.

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2025

“Tell him that we don’t need his protection on Pleasant Avenue. Tell him it was presumptuous of him to think so.”

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez