presumable
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The presumable source of that $700,000 was the alleged income Santos received from the Devolder Organization.
From Slate ● May 10, 2023
One presumable motivation behind Jonathan Lee’s fourth novel, “The Great Mistake,” is that Green has not been remembered.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2021
The elements of the novel and something of its daffiness are here, though new paths open the way to a presumable second season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2020
Le Maire also warned that Europe would retaliate, presumable with its own raft of tariffs on American imports.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 3, 2019
Now I am going to trust to your affection for Miss Cunningham, to your presumable wish to save her from unhappiness, and talk to you as though we had been allies instead of enemies.
From The House by the Lock by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
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