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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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However, what’s happening this month (specifically on Saturday, Jan. 25, according to content copywriters who presumably never step outside at night) remains an arresting sight.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
The latest chapter of the Butler-Heat saga came one day after the Phoenix Suns swung a deal with the Utah Jazz to acquire three first-round draft picks that the Suns are expected to use as pieces in another trade — presumably one that would bring Butler to them.
—Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025
His body was found nine days later inside a suitcase hidden under a concrete slab inside a house in Santiago in which he was presumably tortured.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
With Gardner-Johnson in the lineup, presumably, there won’t be as many coverage busts.
—Ted Nguyen, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
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First Known Use
1846, in the meaning defined above
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“Presumably.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/presumably. Accessed 1 Feb. 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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