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suppose

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




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“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

Kate said she first approached restaurant staff at Piri Piri Grill, saying: "Hi! I don't suppose you can cook for 100 people?" and "he just went, 'oh, when?'... and I went, 'now'".

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Somewhere along the way, I suppose I, too, absorbed the idea that there were shortcuts worth sharing and shortcuts better left unmentioned.

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

But I suppose it’s not so different from how my parents— especially my father—are with some of our neighbors.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

As a subtitle adds, the first-person audio used throughout is pure, unmanipulated Scott, which one supposes is the kind of thing an audience needs to know these days.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 9, 2025

“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

“Anatsou prefers his tricks, but...but he supposes the human girl’s logic is sound. She has won Anatsou’s game, and so...”

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

He also said the actual ventilation rates showed a "deficiency" in the design as the system was not able to achieve the rate it was supposed to.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

“This was supposed to be an affordable way to get into homeownership, and now you’re getting squeezed by these costs that continue to rise and you don’t really have the power to control.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

But even if it hasn’t, people don’t know because they don’t know what it’s supposed to be like.

From Slate Aug. 15, 2026

“How are you supposed to know which is which?” said Tomasz Nadrowski, a portfolio manager for the Amvest Terraden Critical Minerals Fund.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

She yelped, “Was I just supposed to ignore that?”

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

“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

"I always prefer the facts to words, or supposing things," said Arteta.

From BBC Sep. 24, 2024

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

Russell was hired by and lampooned both Democrats and Republicans, tilting his humor “toward whoever’s in power” and supposing that “it will even out on Judgment Day.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 31, 2023

“You persist, then, in supposing his sisters influence him?”

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen




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