presuppose

Example Sentences

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The wisdom-of-crowds argument presupposes that the masses possess some recondite knowledge that can be unlocked by allowing individuals to express themselves as part of an anonymous mob.

From Los Angeles Times

The rosary presupposes our boredom, propensity to distraction, and impatience with dull routine and attempts to transmute these failings into the virtues of faith, hope and charity.

From The Wall Street Journal

The options market also tended to presuppose that the distant future would look more like the present than it usually did.

From Literature

But it also presupposes a grim reality: that some civilian deaths might be proportional.

From New York Times

But for many of us, a final resting place presupposes that one has had a final living place.

From Salon