suppositious

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suppositious
Adjective
  • Law enforcement officers would arrest young men, usually Black but also white, on spurious charges and lease them to private companies for profit.
    Time, Time, 17 July 2025
  • Again the financial ask is spurious, but works given the threat of fines or arrest.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
Adjective
  • Richardson was the 4th overall pick in the NFL Draft, which should give him another opportunity to start over Daniel Jones and also showcase his unreal upside.
    Steve Bradshaw, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
  • Victoria Falls is such an incredibly special and beautiful place, so to be so completely surrounded by and immersed in the falls was unreal.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
Adjective
  • This could certainly change if the Rockets land a certain French teenager in this year's draft lottery, but the first half of 2022-23 has assuaged some concerns about the long-term viability of a pseudo-twin-towers in the starting lineup with Jabari Smith flanked by Alperen Şengün.
    Michael Shapiro, Chron, 15 Jan. 2023
  • In a code division scheme, each call is encoded in a random or pseudo-random sequencing, and receivers at the other end are equipped to decode their own calls.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 27 Apr. 2021
Adjective
  • Global Office Furniture’s bogus invoices were used to calculate lower—and incorrect—duty rates.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 30 July 2025
  • Her bogus claim could have — and should have — been refuted by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 25 July 2025
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“Suppositious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suppositious. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.

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