Example Sentences

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In the past, I have assumed that letting people know what I do would be an impetus for them to reach out to me if they ever have a financial need or question.

From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026

While that was news to most people, including its host, everyone watching the merger of CBS’s parent company, Paramount Global, and David Ellison’s Skydance, must have assumed its completion would require some blood sacrifice.

From Salon • May 21, 2026

Yet most people watching the game would have assumed it was given for Cuenca's tackle on Cunha.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

Victor’s crime, the creature believes, is to have assumed the role of God, but the scientist fails to fully reckon with his own absence of empathy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

I was right there in the thick of it—wearing my Red Hawks uniform—if anybody had taken a picture from the ice up into the stands, they’d have assumed I was part of the mob.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely