presumable
Americanadjective
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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
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
Apparently, no one had had the foresight, time or space to deal with that presumable detail.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2020
It is presumable that many persons in these suburban townships attend the churches in the neighboring cities or large towns.
From Six Thousand Country Churches by Charles Otis Gill
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