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as in accepts
to take to or upon oneself
we promised to assume responsibility for any damage to the flower beds caused by the volleyball game in the backyard
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as in says
to take as true or as a fact without actual proof
everyone assumed, wrongly, that someone else was bringing dessert
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as in guesses
to form an opinion from little or no evidence
as I just assumed it was too late to go out, I didn't think to ask
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as in pretends
to present a false appearance of
she assumed an air of nonchalance even though she was wildly ecstatic she was going on the date
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as in employs
to provide with a paying job
assumed as partner by the prestigious law firm
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Recent Examples of assumes
Yet his rhetoric assumes that Jewish identity is synonymous with privilege, that Jewish concerns are secondary — or suspect.
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David Moore, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2026
The literary record assumes the same.
—Dan Turello, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026
That assumes Trump has any vision at all, of course.
—Garry Kasparov, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2026
One assumes it’s taken this long to find a neurologist who will get silly about a serious exam designed to find the fine line between normal aging and the big uh-oh of dementia.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
Others remain anchored to a model that assumes familiarity, patience and a willingness to decode the process.
—Parin Moradiya, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
Consensus forecasts call for S & P 500 profits to grow about 14% this year, marking a pace that assumes a strong economic expansion even as valuations remain elevated and positioning is stretched.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2026
That benefit, though, assumes the Palace captain remains at the club for the next six months, something that is far from certain with interest particularly from Manchester City and after Glasner opened the door to a potential exit this month during his press conference on Tuesday.
—Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
McNaughton paints a country that assumes fairness is for the naïve.
—Philip Martin, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
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The story follows a young woman, a lifelong swimmer and Olympic hopeful, who accepts a college swimming scholarship in Texas in order to escape an abusive father and an alcoholic, suicidal mother.—
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Trying to escape her past, Millie (Sweeney) accepts a job as a live-in housemaid for the wealthy Nina (Seyfried) and Andrew Winchester (Sklenar).—
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Windham says details of the building were drawn from inspiration by architect Eero Saarinen, who designed the Global Tech Center in Warren, Michigan.—
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Hill says Mikko, who is nonverbal, also uses an AAC device, which helps people who have speech or language problems to communicate.—
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The panel picks up on the baseball-heavy clues, and guesses accordingly.—
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The team or person who guesses the most songs correctly wins.—
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But nobody pretends that number is reliable.—
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Each night on her ongoing Short n’ Sweet tour Carpenter pretends to arrest a member of the crowd.—
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The police department employs two full-time officers and four part-time officers, according to Masontown Borough Police Chief Timothy O'Barto.—
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South Florida Equestrian Village alone employs more than 1,000 people.—
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Buckley shoulders intense on-screen distress without losing grasp of her character’s humanity, and Mescal lets his wan charm melt into something more haunted as Shakespeare ages and wrestles with loss.—
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Atop that sits the conundrum of living in a city so small that every citizen shoulders the stress of celebrity.—
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The second reason is that progress narratives depend on an arc bending in a particular direction, which presumes the existence of a future end state.—
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The guidance presumes that the current tariff rates on all countries will stay in place for the remainder of 2025 and beyond.—
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Leo’s fine, one supposes, as evil plantation owner Calvin Candie, but the role is not a natural fit for him.—
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The first theory supposes that the Big Bang produced dense spots that didn’t collapse immediately.—
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“Assumes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assumes. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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