presumable
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To their presumable dismay, there are no scenes of the singer quitting the tour to go house-hunting, external; throwing snooker balls at Blur, external; or starting a fight on a cross-channel ferry.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
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
In those weeks, many people like Freeman-Daily rode out presumable cases of Covid-19 in their homes, without in-person care from doctors, or even concrete knowledge of exactly what they were weathering.
From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2020
Her final fate is unknown, but it is presumable that, if she lived, her release from durance was secured by the victory of Bannockburn.
From Women of England by Bartlett Burleigh James
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