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as in accepting
to take to or upon oneself
we promised to assume responsibility for any damage to the flower beds caused by the volleyball game in the backyard
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as in saying
to take as true or as a fact without actual proof
everyone assumed, wrongly, that someone else was bringing dessert
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as in guessing
to form an opinion from little or no evidence
as I just assumed it was too late to go out, I didn't think to ask
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as in pretending
to present a false appearance of
she assumed an air of nonchalance even though she was wildly ecstatic she was going on the date
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as in employing
to provide with a paying job
assumed as partner by the prestigious law firm
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Recent Examples of assuming
Danielle Battaglia,
Charlotte Observer,
3 July 2026
For the past few years, conversations around AI adoption have centered around access to tools, assuming technology alone would drive transformation.
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Bill Pappas,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
People also tend to confuse fragrance intensity with cleanliness, assuming a strong smell means a deeper clean.
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Sacbee.com,
23 June 2026
This is Unhinged, out June 30, a new narrative game that will show up automatically on your Netflix app (assuming your TV is modern enough to support it).
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Elisabeth Garber-Paul,
Rolling Stone,
23 June 2026
Johnson can afford to lose only three Republican votes on the House floor, assuming all Democrats are present.
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Hailey Bullis,
The Washington Examiner,
23 June 2026
Let’s run through just a few of the scenarios for Spain and Uruguay, assuming Cape Verde can defeat Saudi Arabia.
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Alex Connor,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
Lander became a New York City Council member in 2010 before assuming the comptroller's office in 2022 and unsuccessfully running for mayor in 2025.
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Marcia Kramer,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
Liability insurance costs also rise dramatically — assuming coverage can be obtained in a state facing a severe insurance crisis — further reducing funds available for essential services.
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Kim Gorsuch,
Sun Sentinel,
16 June 2026
Verb
The rule was created assuming that could mean harm or illness, and not in-party fighting.
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Danielle Battaglia,
Charlotte Observer,
3 July 2026
For the past few years, conversations around AI adoption have centered around access to tools, assuming technology alone would drive transformation.
—
Bill Pappas,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
People also tend to confuse fragrance intensity with cleanliness, assuming a strong smell means a deeper clean.
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Sacbee.com,
23 June 2026
This is Unhinged, out June 30, a new narrative game that will show up automatically on your Netflix app (assuming your TV is modern enough to support it).
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Elisabeth Garber-Paul,
Rolling Stone,
23 June 2026
Johnson can afford to lose only three Republican votes on the House floor, assuming all Democrats are present.
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Hailey Bullis,
The Washington Examiner,
23 June 2026
Let’s run through just a few of the scenarios for Spain and Uruguay, assuming Cape Verde can defeat Saudi Arabia.
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Alex Connor,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
Lander became a New York City Council member in 2010 before assuming the comptroller's office in 2022 and unsuccessfully running for mayor in 2025.
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Marcia Kramer,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
Liability insurance costs also rise dramatically — assuming coverage can be obtained in a state facing a severe insurance crisis — further reducing funds available for essential services.
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Kim Gorsuch,
Sun Sentinel,
16 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assuming
Adjective
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Not only is the water less aesthetically pleasing, but Abrams is wary of it.
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Stiff opposition certainly will emerge, and cost-of-living worries have the public wary of being charged more for anything, but the new revenue is for popular spending targets.
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The executive is no longer simply accepting part of a compensation package.
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That means engaging in deliberate experimentation, accepting some trial and error around service delivery, pricing, workflows, and talent models.
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Johnson released a statement through his press office saying the ILA workers who met with the mayor are members of the team that bargained their new contract, ratified this spring.
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In her new memoir Famesick, Dunham wrote a message to Swift, saying much of the book's creative process was soundtracked by her music.
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Competitive Wordle Score The Wordle Bot gets 1 point for guessing in three and 1 for beating me.
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Once the model is built, it can be used to take a scene constructed by artists and tweak it, making the physics look realistic — not by modeling the physics, but by guessing at them based on absorbing an incredibly large dataset of real-world footage.
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The scammer then calls, pretending to be in a crisis and in need of immediate financial assistance.
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For example, a group of minions might be pretending to fight a group of Vikings on a movie set, or enough alien spaceships to fill the entire screen appear and shoot their lasers at once.
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The case garnered national interest because Oregon's new law targets the loopholes large staffing firms have been employing to circumvent state corporate medicine laws.
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The metaphor of a ‘wall of separation’ At the same time, religious reformers were employing concepts of walls, hedges or other barriers to ensure that the secular and religious realms remained apart.
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The unorthodox midterm convention comes as Democrats continue to poll stronger than Republicans ahead of November's critical elections.
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Kennard could have provided a critical floor-spacing piece around Doncic, who thrives when surrounded by lob-catching centers, athletic wings and knockdown shooters.
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Four years on from the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has proved remarkably resilient, shouldering sanctions, rocketing inflation, and depleted fiscal reserves.
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Those states whose food-stamp programs exceed that threshold will be on the hook for shouldering more of the program's costs starting in October 2027.
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