How to Use presume in a Sentence
presume
verb- The court must presume innocence until there is proof of guilt.
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This recipe presumes pork chops that are 3/4-inch thick.
—Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2023
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This is an in-depth film about a person many presumed had no depth at all.
—Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
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Just a few days after the search began, Chuck and Charley were presumed to have drowned.
—Joseph Wilkinson New York Daily News (tns), al, 12 Apr. 2023
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No one entered the classrooms, presuming that the doors were locked.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2024
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Unlike the Cowboys’ presumed No. 1 rusher, Barkley hasn’t signed the tag.
—Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 4 July 2023
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The sighting left the team astonished: The species has been presumed extinct in the Atlantic Ocean for more than 200 years.
—Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2024
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Of course, that presumes a genuine concern on their part.
—Ryann Liebenthal, The New Republic, 9 May 2023
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Those who remained in the cellar were presumed to be too gravely wounded to pose a threat.
—Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
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The scenes stood in contrast to what many officials had presumed would result in a rush at the border.
—Arcelia Martin, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
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Wagner Group co-founder Dmitriy Utkin is also presumed to have died in the crash, the agency said.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2023
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Bad as these numbers are, there are two reasons to presume the true picture is even worse.
—Karen Kaplanscience and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2022
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Roughly 240 people are presumed to be among the hostages who have been held in Gaza since the terrorist attacks.
—Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 21 Nov. 2023
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Alongside were the remains of a man presumed to have been a Roman citizen.
—Franz Lidz, New York Times, 13 June 2023
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They were presumed to have recently crossed the border and to have sought protection under the trees.
—Teju Cole, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
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Anyone born before 1957 is considered to have had measles or been exposed to it and presumed to be immune to the virus.
—Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 28 Mar. 2024
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But Migel said there is no such rule for walking on catwalks, which have handrails and knee rails and are presumed to be areas of safety.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 15 Feb. 2024
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Private King is presumed innocent of the charges until proven guilty.
—Mark Guarino, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2023
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And in the decades after the Holocaust, Jews were presumed to be against capital punishment.
—Tim Arango, New York Times, 13 May 2024
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Many presume that Republicans are going to win the House.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2022
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It’s presumed that the two are married as Mr. Duvall is shown wearing a gold wedding band on his ring finger.
—Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2024
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The boy was also presumed to have fallen into the rapid water and taken downstream.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 8 May 2024
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The above illustrations presume Google Lens exists in the future.
—WIRED, 5 Oct. 2022
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The missing—whose bodies have not been recovered—are presumed to be among the hostages in Gaza, though bodies may have been taken as well.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 14 Oct. 2023
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Green focused on the loss of hostages presumed still to be in the captivity of Hamas, with his son passing out flyers with photos.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2024
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Even when there’s more than one leading man at the center of a story, a hierarchy is presumed.
—Ty Burr, Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2023
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Looking back to 2019, the clues were always there that the rejection of the Earl of Dumbarton title was not for the reasons most presumed.
—Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 11 Mar. 2023
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The body of a woman, presumed to be one of the victims, was found Monday morning by a commercial fishing boat close to the site of the crash, officials said.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2024
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Every person charged or accused of a crime in this country is presumed innocent.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN, 12 July 2024
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Inflation has been a major political liability for Biden, but the data isn’t what people usually presume.
—The Arizona Republic, 27 June 2024
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