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In a nod to the presumedly similar “After Hours,” that film’s star Griffin Dunne appears as well, with all signs pointing toward much-needed late-summer fun.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2025

Genetic material much older than that presumedly would be too badly degraded to read.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 14, 2022

JR explains, for example, that journalists often used telephoto lenses to photograph the residents of Les Bosquets, from a presumedly “safe” distance.

From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2021

Now his parents have changed their tune and are extremely nice to me, presumedly to get him back in their lives.

From Slate • Oct. 20, 2020

In such cases he acts presumedly in concert with the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors—a body composed of the chairman, deputy-chairman, and senior member of the Court.

From Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 1 by Bright, John