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as in to estimate
to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement
if we suppose a minimum profit of $10,000 from the charity auction, we should be able to pay for the family's medical expenses
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2
as in to guess
to form an opinion from little or no evidence
what do you suppose he's going to do with the prize money he won?
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3
as in to think
to have as an opinion
voters wrongly supposed that the new mayor would be opposed to letting hazardous waste be transported through the city
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as in to say
to take as true or as a fact without actual proof
had always supposed that her father would bequeath the family farm to her
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Recent Examples of suppose
How, for example, are we supposed to think about the domain in which all possibilities still exist before decoherence?
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Quanta Magazine, 13 Feb. 2026
When is it supposed to rain Monday?
—Paris Barraza, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
This is not what we’re supposed to do.
—Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 12 Feb. 2026
Because failure pushes you in the direction you’re supposed to go.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
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Quanta Magazine, 13 Feb. 2026
When is it supposed to rain Monday?
—Paris Barraza, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
This is not what we’re supposed to do.
—Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 12 Feb. 2026
Because failure pushes you in the direction you’re supposed to go.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suppose
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In September, the preliminary revision inferred that the US economy likely added about 911,000 fewer jobs than the jobs reports initially estimated for the 12-month period running from April 2024 through March 2025.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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Smook estimates the cost to be roughly $40,000.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Amazon’s February deals include Apple AirTags to keep tabs on your luggage, because guessing where your bag landed is not the vibe.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Feb. 2026
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The rest of the judges floundered with Rita Ora guessing Selma Blair, Ken Jeong putting his money on Christina Applegate and Robin Thicke going with Danielle Fishel.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
5 Feb. 2026
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People think, oh, this is just a nepotism situation.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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Lindsey showed that people can do it a lot longer than anybody thought.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
13 Feb. 2026
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Conrad wasn’t sure how football fans would react but said most people eagerly accepted a towel.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Key Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Pablo Guanipa was arrested by heavily armed men on Sunday night, his supporters said, just hours after he had been released from a jail where he was held as a political prisoner.—
Diego Mendoza,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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However, the next key in understanding the problem was to calculate the effects of all the other planets on the orbit of Mercury.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Feb. 2026
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These subtle changes allowed scientists to calculate the planet’s dimensions with unprecedented accuracy, refining measurements that had remained largely unchanged since the 1970s.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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Until recently, the markets had assumed that companies would be buoyed by the massive amount of capex (capital expenditure) going into AI, and that AI would generate new efficiencies and higher productivity that would ultimately result in higher revenues and earnings per share.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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In the past, scientists had assumed that the ability to pretend and consider multiple realities was unique to humans.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
5 Feb. 2026
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The actor believed the spot was caused by his lymphoma, but later found out the tumor was actually unrelated.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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That was believed to be just the first and second time that a parent was held criminally responsible for a mass school shooting committed by their child.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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It was widely presumed as a matter of faith that a model’s effectiveness was proportional to its mystery.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Suppose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suppose. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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