Example Sentences

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Or, just maybe, were they the first hints that the universe is more strange and complex than even our boldest theories had supposed?

From Scientific American • Sep. 14, 2022

That people were so surprised by these discoveries suggests that the perceptual time lag between technological change and public awareness is longer than we had supposed.

From The Guardian • Dec. 31, 2017

Thus, a jilted Selina has a whole lot more in common with a jilted Hillary Clinton than the show had supposed she would.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2017

When Galileo turned the telescope to the sky, he found things were not the way philosophers had supposed.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

She stole toward it, half fearful at being alone, but unable to resist the desire to fill her basket with it, exactly as Zeus had supposed she would feel.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton