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as in apparently
to all outward appearances
presumably he's going on the trip for business reasons, but we have our doubts
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as in likely
by reasonable assumption
presumably he'll come later
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Competitive dynamics in the schizophrenia space will presumably bring about changes that offer opportunities and pose challenges to Cobenfy’s sponsor, Bristol Myers Squibb.
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Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
The Raiders have cleaned house in terms of their offensive coaching staff, and Turner will now advise that staff presumably.
—James Brizuela, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
In this case, the decision to release early makes total sense as the segment will presumably be irrelevant by Wednesday.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
That will presumably speed up the counting—and shorten the window between the first cut of a count and those who are looking for fraud in every shift and with every refresh of the datasets.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
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Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
The Raiders have cleaned house in terms of their offensive coaching staff, and Turner will now advise that staff presumably.
—James Brizuela, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
In this case, the decision to release early makes total sense as the segment will presumably be irrelevant by Wednesday.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
That will presumably speed up the counting—and shorten the window between the first cut of a count and those who are looking for fraud in every shift and with every refresh of the datasets.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
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Novak Djokovic will skip the ATP Finals in Turin, Italy and apparently look forward to 2025.Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Dressed in a stunning white gown, the bride was filmed seated in the corner of the room, apparently unfazed, casually munching on a snack and keeping herself cool with a handheld electric fan.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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At the same time, Trump's tax cut would likely hasten the insolvency of the Social Security trust fund, which relies on those income taxes for funding, according to the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
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If turnout exceeds 50% in Detroit, Harris is likely having a good night.Dave Lawler, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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Heading into the second half of a season where seemingly nothing has gone right, the 49ers are doubling down.Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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Wisconsin polling locations received non-credible bomb threats on Tuesday that seemingly originated from Russian email domains, Caroline Clancy, public affairs officer for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Milwaukee, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
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Loading your audio article Of all the overseas leaders avidly watching the U.S. election results, the two happiest were probably Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 13 Nov. 2024
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If these workers are deported, the food industry will probably have great difficulty replacing them.Paul Krugman, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Ives’s legendary status initially rested on his reputation as a maverick pioneer who supposedly had beaten Schoenberg in the race to the atonal pole.Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Translated, price controls from the Federal Reserve to supposedly bring down market prices.John Tamny, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Now comes perhaps his biggest challenge yet: Taking over a San Jose Earthquakes team that finished last in the entire league and gave up the most goals (78) in MLS history.Harold Gutmann, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Despite all this—or perhaps because of it—Trump won a popular majority.Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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But any law that would overturn the 2015 ruling would ostensibly overturn the 2013 ruling too.Kate Sosin, Them, 5 Nov. 2024
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The result would be reported numbers that were ostensibly compare across companies but really wouldn’t be due to different choices in how to measure a specific data item.Robert G. Eccles, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Over the next few years, a plague of disorder will descend upon America, and maybe the world, shaking everything loose.David Brooks, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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Your pup seems unsettled, but maybe that's normal behavior.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Presumably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presumably. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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