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as in apparently
to all outward appearances
presumably he's going on the trip for business reasons, but we have our doubts
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2
as in likely
by reasonable assumption
presumably he'll come later
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Recent Examples of presumably
The time for talk eventually will end, and the race presumably will be scheduled during Lyles’ ramp-up to the USA outdoor track and field championships July 31.
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Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2025
The incredible upheaval of China under past decades of Communism is not a distant memory: one lonely bachelor hails from a formerly wealthy family in the area, presumably before collectivization.
—Nicolas Rapold, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025
However, the animal refuses to move and remains on the spot with its mouth wide open, until another man, presumably a resident, comes with a broom and starts shoving the crocodile, who then reluctantly begins to move.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
This season, Berliners are trying on an American classic, the Harley Davidson motorcycle jacket, and also borrowing some trends from the menswear shows, including wearing opulent and luxe fur coats (faux presumably).
—Caroline Kynast, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2025
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Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2025
The incredible upheaval of China under past decades of Communism is not a distant memory: one lonely bachelor hails from a formerly wealthy family in the area, presumably before collectivization.
—Nicolas Rapold, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025
However, the animal refuses to move and remains on the spot with its mouth wide open, until another man, presumably a resident, comes with a broom and starts shoving the crocodile, who then reluctantly begins to move.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
This season, Berliners are trying on an American classic, the Harley Davidson motorcycle jacket, and also borrowing some trends from the menswear shows, including wearing opulent and luxe fur coats (faux presumably).
—Caroline Kynast, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for presumably
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The versatile Chestnut, 56, leads with intellect, charm and six-pack abs as Dr. John Watson, the beloved colleague of the apparently deceased Sherlock Holmes, in CBS' modern series.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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Leslie Bibb is Kate, a Texas housewife apparently married to a tycoon.—
Noel Murray,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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And American retailers and manufacturers likely would absorb at least some of the duties instead of passing them along to consumers through higher prices, economists said.—
Paul Davidson,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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Rodgers, 28, remains a free agent and though Spotrac projects his market worth at $56.4 million over four years, given that he was cut by the Rockies in November and has failed to catch on with any other team, he could likely be acquired for significantly less.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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While there are some situation-specific factors that have colored the past couple of seasons, like Swift's pop-cultural presence and seemingly every commercial break featuring K.C., there's also a general human impulse to support the underdog, even if that may seem counterproductive.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
9 Feb. 2025
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For Bulls fans seemingly stuck in a time loop, not so much.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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My answer is probably not, but certain aspects of your role might evolve.—
Morgan Smith,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2025
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Given that these things won't see daily use for most people, that's probably fine.—
Tim Stevens,
Ars Technica,
11 Feb. 2025
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Brügger, who’s made a specialty of exposing corruption, human rights, and law-violating kingpins, sees an opportunity to question the myth of Denmark as the least corrupt country in the world, a welfare state supposedly built on trust.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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Sociologists have been perplexed at the scale and stubbornness of the decline in fertility, which does not appear to be materially impacted by various governments' attempts to intervene with supposedly birth-inducing policies like tax credits.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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This is, perhaps, a bit of a meta confession by White Lotus writer-director Mike White.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
11 Feb. 2025
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Which brings us to the possibility of fining Trump himself or perhaps Elon Musk for ignoring court orders to obey the law.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Adames also stopped by the Arizona complex after signing his record-setting seven-year, $182 million contract, ostensibly to check out the Giants’ facilities and scope out houses in the Scottsdale area.—
Andrew Baggarly,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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While the premise is ostensibly a tour through the different eras of New York City, the real purpose was to tour the different eras of SNL casts through this big, brassy prism.—
Joe Berkowitz,
Vulture,
17 Feb. 2025
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If the stock market isn’t worried, maybe the Trump tariff agenda isn’t actually the disaster economists predicted.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN,
11 Feb. 2025
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Many, many more women have to be green-lit [with these types of projects], and maybe then, there will be a societal change in how this is viewed.—
Cindy Gallop,
Flow Space,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Presumably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presumably. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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