presuppose
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"I think that's the main thing. That doesn't presuppose the outcome of the negotiation," Carney added.
From BBC • May 6, 2025
It's worth considering what such a loophole-sized theory would presuppose: that hidden variables were encoded at the very beginning of time and space, deterministically setting everything into motion until spacetime's end.
From Scientific American • May 20, 2023
Russian Arctic Ambassador Nikolay Korchunov, chair of the Senior Arctic Officials on the council, told Reuters the transition would "presuppose active and responsible participation of all Arctic Council member states in this preparatory process."
From Reuters • Mar. 28, 2023
“You pick a number that doesn’t presuppose an outcome,” Chapman said.
From Washington Post • Oct. 17, 2021
The options market also tended to presuppose that the distant future would look more like the present than it usually did.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing presuppose
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