Examples of presumably in a Sentence
presumably he's going on the trip for business reasons, but we have our doubts
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But ‘George & Tammy’ had been a hit, and Showtime had presumably profited handsomely from Georgette’s breach.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Mar. 2025
The Brave engine under the hood has implications for individuals, organizations, or companies that might want to block Claude from accessing their sites since, presumably, Brave's web crawler is doing the web indexing.
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There was hope on Friday when it was revealed that the star quarterback arrived at the Pittsburgh Steelers facility, presumably to work out a deal with the team.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
For Gemma, who presumably doesn’t know that Mark is severed, this must have been incredibly distressing.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Mar. 2025
The Brave engine under the hood has implications for individuals, organizations, or companies that might want to block Claude from accessing their sites since, presumably, Brave's web crawler is doing the web indexing.
—Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2025
There was hope on Friday when it was revealed that the star quarterback arrived at the Pittsburgh Steelers facility, presumably to work out a deal with the team.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
For Gemma, who presumably doesn’t know that Mark is severed, this must have been incredibly distressing.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Presumably.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/presumably. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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presumably
adverb
pre·sum·ably
pri-ˈzü-mə-blē 
: one would presume : it seems likely : probably
presumably he'll come later
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