How to Use presume in a Sentence

presume

verb
Definition of presumenext
Synonyms for presumenext
  • The court must presume innocence until there is proof of guilt.
  • This recipe presumes pork chops that are 3/4-inch thick.
    — Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2023
  • That Bubba would presume to speak for the women in his life ...
    — John Brummett, Arkansas Online, 15 Nov. 2020
  • This is an in-depth film about a person many presumed had no depth at all.
    — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
  • And what if the people presumed guilty from the start are allowed to be human?
    — Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2024
  • 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
  • Both the police and the couple themselves start to close in on the voyeur, who is presumed to be the kidnapper.
    — Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
  • And why is that added to the total number of cases when they are presumed?
    — oregonlive, 25 May 2020
  • No one entered the classrooms, presuming that the doors were locked.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Unlike the Cowboys’ presumed No. 1 rusher, Barkley hasn’t signed the tag.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 4 July 2023
  • But they are presumed to be a relic of a time, more than 8,000 years ago, when the land was covered in water.
    — Aminatta Forna, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Where does that leave Eason who was presumed to be the heir apparent to Brooks?
    — Rahat Huq, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • Bankers, brokers and traders may presume that these units would deal with these types of matters.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Of course, that presumes a genuine concern on their part.
    — Ryann Liebenthal, The New Republic, 9 May 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • Against Syracuse's vaunted 2-3 zone, it was presumed the Bulldogs would have to find their 3-point stroke.
    — David Woods, Indianapolis Star, 25 Mar. 2020
  • 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
  • The Bears defense has been too inconsistent to presume the unit is going to be able to stop Rodgers this time.
    — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 1 Jan. 2021
  • 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
  • Their boat capsizes and they're presumed dead by their friends and the authorities.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 28 Apr. 2020
  • 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
  • Alongside were the remains of a man presumed to have been a Roman citizen.
    — Franz Lidz, New York Times, 13 June 2023
  • 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
  • The laws of our state presume that a child this age must be prosecuted in juvenile court.
    — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Now presume a prevalence rate of just 5%, meaning there will be five true positives out of 100.
    — Jason Hanna, CNN, 6 July 2020
  • 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
  • The diagnosis presumes there was abuse and doesn’t allow for the possibility of other factors.
    — Elaine Aradillas, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
  • But Israel is not just targeting Shiite areas that are home to presumed Hezbollah partisans.
    — Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024

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