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presumably he's going on the trip for business reasons, but we have our doubts
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They were presumably circulated, handled and sometimes redeposited.
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
It was presumably dropped into the federal melting pot to become the first but unacknowledged coinage of California gold.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
Ukraine gets a free army of (presumably) high-grade attack drones, and the Coalition members get useful experience and build their capacity to make more and better drones in future.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Musk’s hyperfocus and reckless incitement, presumably, will move on and find another target soon.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
It was presumably dropped into the federal melting pot to become the first but unacknowledged coinage of California gold.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
Ukraine gets a free army of (presumably) high-grade attack drones, and the Coalition members get useful experience and build their capacity to make more and better drones in future.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Musk’s hyperfocus and reckless incitement, presumably, will move on and find another target soon.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Presumably.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/presumably. Accessed 20 Jan. 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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