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
Only where things differ is electricity apparent; and it is presumable that they never differ where it is not developed at least, if not apparent.
From Eureka: A Prose Poem by Poe, Edgar A.
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