1
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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2
as in likely
by reasonable assumption
presumably he'll come later
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Recent Examples of presumably
This season, presumably partly in response to Grand Slam Track, the Diamond League have upped the prize money, giving out a total of over $9million, with top prizes of $50,000 for winning events throughout the season and $100,000 in the final.
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Liam Tharme, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
This case has already received an exceptional amount of media coverage, which will presumably only increase as trial proceeds.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 4 Apr. 2025
But the real violence — and the reason audiences presumably pay to see these IP parasites — is what’s done to the characters themselves, as there’s an illicit thrill in desecrating powerful brands, like Disney.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Apr. 2025
Ringo was interested but (presumably) still drinking like a fish.
—Kaleb Horton, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2025
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Liam Tharme, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
This case has already received an exceptional amount of media coverage, which will presumably only increase as trial proceeds.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 4 Apr. 2025
But the real violence — and the reason audiences presumably pay to see these IP parasites — is what’s done to the characters themselves, as there’s an illicit thrill in desecrating powerful brands, like Disney.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Apr. 2025
Ringo was interested but (presumably) still drinking like a fish.
—Kaleb Horton, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for presumably
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Their initial attempt wasn’t smooth—the airline first rescheduled their Munich flight to Zurich due to apparently low bookings, then canceled it altogether due to an engine issue.—
Scott Campbell,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Apr. 2025
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Will Poulter has never been afraid to get rough on screen and the same apparently applies to his work process as well.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
6 Apr. 2025
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So, the best bet will likely be discount offers on new machines as retailers recycle the hardware for you.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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It is believed that he then was likely bitten by one or more dogs shortly after he was last seen, per the outlet.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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The couple, however, continued to date on-and-off, seemingly resulting in the rekindling of their love.—
Jessica Bennett,
VIBE.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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On a song released last month, DDG seemingly vented about not being able to visit Halo.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
10 Apr. 2025
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Instead, its atmosphere is probably chock-full of vaporized atomic metals—like stars of similar temperatures.—
Shi En Kim,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2025
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Political discourse and curated most-engaging content that makes it out of the Darwinian struggle to be seen on the multi-billion-personal social network is probably more likely to grab the average person’s attention over Uncle Bob showing off his new lawnmower.—
John Koetsier,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Unlike in dictatorships, this tends to involve not overt methods like book burning but quieter techniques such as co-opting media company shareholders to slant their coverage or using limited censorship supposedly designed to fight extremism or child pornography.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
2 Apr. 2025
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President Trump has cited this supposedly inexplicable trend.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Constantine speculated that the octopus might have been using the shark as a temporary refuge, perhaps to escape a predator or avoid detection.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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As the cycle proceeds toward the inevitable breakup—triggered, perhaps, by Lesbia’s dalliances during the year that Catullus was away working for Memmius—the poems of recrimination and spite, often eye-poppingly obscene, predominate.—
Daniel Mendelsohn,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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One meme showed a check for millions of dollars, ostensibly paid to Haddad by a criminal gang.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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And that’s while there’s ostensibly still a federal labor board to police these matters.—
Shaun Richman,
New York Daily News,
6 Apr. 2025
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Corinthians lifted the Paulista state championship on Thursday night against bitter city rivals Palmeiras, but maybe this tie came too close to the start of the national league season for both teams.—
Joseph O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Fourth, and maybe most important, even if Alston could be expansively read as lending support to college athletes using NIL, that support would only relate to antitrust scrutiny of NIL rules.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Presumably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presumably. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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