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suppose

[suh-pohz, suh-pohst] / səˈpoʊz, səˈpoʊst /




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It’s hard to articulate exactly what Woke 1 is or, I suppose, was.

From Slate Aug. 17, 2026

“But there have been amazing times as well,” he continued, “I suppose that’s just life. Of course, I knew that.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

So suppose AI delivers a modest 1% increase in U.S. life expectancy through better diagnosis and treatment.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

"I suppose people attribute the more coercive and economically less helpful policies to Xi personally but associate more positive elements, such as technological advances, to China more broadly."

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

“I suppose I should get out of the house more! I don’t know any of the latest gossip.”

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

Mr. Graham-Dixon supposes that Vermeer painted it for his pregnant wife.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

“Sinners,” Ryan Coogler’s newest film, supposes that music has the power to conjure spirits past, present and evil.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2025

Big scientific discoveries tend to attract myths which supposes their creation to have occurred "at one moment by one person", but the overarching research "tends to need collaboration across national boundaries," he added.

From BBC Jan. 21, 2025

The pathway for law students supposes that law schools will be involved in some level, Rooksby said.

From Seattle Times Mar. 18, 2024

She supposes that you are far away from London, in Shropshire.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli

After that, creditors are supposed to treat people who filed for it like anyone else.

From Salon Aug. 29, 2026

Delivery drones are supposed to be fast, yet the long-promised technology has been slow to take off in the United States.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2026

"My Asian friends immediately understood the flavour, while my British friends were much more confused about whether it was supposed to be sweet or savoury," she says.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

But the spinoff was supposed to be a catalyst that would unlock value within L3Harris, so the postponement wasn’t well received by investors.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

It felt like it was supposed to stay legendary and invisible unless your bones resonated with the same songs.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

“I would be a little leery of supposing that it’s a gaming of the system in order to get some unfair advantage,” Vaughn said.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 5, 2026

But just supposing the Lords backed down and the plan became law, there is no guarantee we will see a flight take off.

From BBC Jan. 17, 2024

And they said, “Look, supposing you were to report on a murder in Oakland with a voice like that. Stuart, you’ve got no credibility,” and that was that.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 26, 2023

After being asked if he knew why he had been stopped, the driver responded, “Yeah, because I was on the wrong side of the road,” further supposing that he must have missed an exit.

From Washington Times Sep. 2, 2023

He remembered something about the rate supposing to be seventy-two, so Derek was low, but it was still working all right.

From "The River" by Gary Paulsen




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