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This can also create a feeling of "shared omnipotence," or the idea that someone with whom you identify and has presumed power winds up giving the proxy more power by default.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2021

For too long, Indiana has presumed the latter.

From Washington Times • Jul. 28, 2020

On the other, there are enough callbacks that it feels like Vardalos has presumed an intimate knowledge of the Portokalos family and all of their zany traditions.

From Slate • Mar. 23, 2016

Sound Transit has presumed the odds are thin that a hillside will crumble at the exact moment a commuter train passes by.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2014

Adah said carefully,“I think Mother has presumed him dead for a long time already.”

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver