as in saying
to take as true or as a fact without actual proof
even before a single vote had been cast, media pundits were hypothecating that the former senator would be the party's nominee
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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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The rule was created assuming that could mean harm or illness, and not in-party fighting.
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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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Paying $700 more (presuming the Fold 8 price doesn’t go up) for fewer features has always been the case with foldable phones.
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Back home, monks had already begun performing last rite rituals for him, as his devout Buddhist wife and daughter mourned him, presuming him dead.
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The market does not reward investors simply for believing harder.
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Shares of the software companies were up after Guggenheim upgraded both to buy, believing that artificial intelligence won’t be a death knell for the companies and attractive valuations in the stocks.
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Even supposing the pledges in the 1990s documents amounted to a crime, the legal deadline for bringing mortgage fraud charges has expired.
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“Hypothecating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypothecating. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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