assume
verb (used with object)
to take for granted or without proof.
were assuming
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past progressiveof assume.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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On Tuesday, financial authorities said they were assuming temporary management of the private investment firm.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 18, 2023
You were assuming that work from home was going to be here for real.
From The Verge ● Dec. 21, 2021
Ardern said authorities were assuming the new case was a Delta variant although this has not been confirmed.
From Reuters ● Aug. 17, 2021
Hospital officials were assuming the efforts to contain the virus would delay, not prevent, a pandemic — sustained transmission of the coronavirus on more than one continent.
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2020
Leger made a little gesture, and glanced at Ingleby, as if to ask for support, but though Hetty's brows were assuming a portentous straightness she smiled again.
From Delilah of the Snows by Harold Bindloss
