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Your cousin, I presume, has some Social Security, however modest.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

"The sites we've currently explored are in south-west Ireland, but it's illogical to presume that early humans just bypassed Wexford, Waterford and Cork, and ploughed on west," said Nash.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

I won’t presume to answer that; probably not much.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín said the combination of the two film studios’ market share of theatrical movies has persuaded the court “that it can presume the proposed merger is likely to violate antitrust laws.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Lily swings her door shut and heads off to her greenhouse, to simmer, I presume.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

It presumes states already have adequate initial-attack capacity of their own.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

One presumes he’s smart enough not to take anything for granted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

Hopefully, it’s not as bad as that worst-case scenario presumes.

From MarketWatch ● May 25, 2026

And that presumes the published NAVs represent current reality; most NAVs are as of Dec. 31, and much has happened since then.

From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026

It’s paradoxical that an ordinary man like Nemur presumes to devote himself to making other people geniuses.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

Three were pulled from the water; one remains missing and is presumed dead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

As the search continued for the 86 people presumed missing, coast guard, military personnel and local responders were working to tamp down the thick smoke billowing from the ferry.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

This move is reliant on the presumed authenticity of these new spaces.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

"The apology to me means I'm no longer presumed guilty of something I didn't do, because I didn't give him away. He was taken," she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

Predictive Dreams Another presumed kind of extrasensory perception is the predictive dream.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

She believes part of that is often down to people presuming she is straight because of her age.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

Some investors like to speculate about potential additions, presuming that stocks tabbed to join the index will get short-term boosts, as funds tracking the S&P 500 will be forced to take positions.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

Greenspan, who retired just before disaster struck, acknowledged to Congress in late 2008 that he had "made a mistake" in presuming companies were best positioned to protect themselves and their shareholders without government oversight.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026

Videos captured people murmuring confusedly, presuming technical difficulties, before the truth dawned on the crowd that pyrotechnics would not be forthcoming.

From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2026

Baird was thinking about the question of whether Reggie— presuming he was, in fact texting—should have known his behavior was reckless.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel