supposing

present participle of suppose
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as in estimating
to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement if we suppose a minimum profit of $10,000 from the charity auction, we should be able to pay for the family's medical expenses

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Verb
  • Specifically, the Biden administration directed federal agencies to prioritize the restoration of these species and other native fish populations, estimating that these efforts would bring more than $1 billion in new federal investments to the region.
    Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Here are some general rules for estimating the elasticities of both supply and demand.
    Bill Conerly, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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  • The ousting of Assad, who ruled Syria for a quarter century after assuming power from his father, leaves a dangerous political vacuum.
    Scott Neuman, NPR, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Don’t allow the pets to be unsupervised in the same room; keep plants on a high shelf (assuming your pet can’t reach it; most cats can reach everywhere) or secured behind glass like a cloche.
    Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
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  • The aftermath of the presidential election, however, has left me thinking about crypto’s influence differently.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The bottom line is that women need to start thinking of their exit strategies from their businesses earlier.
    Melissa Houston, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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  • Players are tasked with guessing a mystery five-letter word—and must do so in six attempts or fewer.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • That lack of publicly available guidance may also leave more taxpayers guessing at the proper tax treatment of certain transactions and unable to proactively assess the viability of certain tax positions before including them on their tax returns.
    Joshua D. Smeltzer, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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  • Customers have trusted banks with custody of their assets for centuries, believing a bank vault is safer than keeping wealth under the mattress.
    Lior Lamesh, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • That doesn’t stop thought leaders from calling for blanket decentralization or Bitcoin maximalists from believing that all other cryptocurrencies are inferior.
    Jordan Yallen, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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  • As noted in past blogs, BLS uses lagged rent data in calculating the CPI.
    Robert Barone, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
  • That figure also represented the total number of employees that could be hired, without calculating the impact of the number of IRS workers who are expected to retire or leave the department over the next several years.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2024
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  • Among those whom Dickson called when considering Posen was Domenico De Sole, the chairman of Tom Ford International, who had underwritten, along with Ford, Posen’s second runway show in 2002.
    Irina Aleksander, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Detectives are still examining Mangione's writings but are considering the contents of the notebook to represent a confession, sources said.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 11 Dec. 2024
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  • Writing and making this movie is now an (incredible) memory.
    Megan Park, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Forbes convenes and curates the most influential leaders and entrepreneurs who are driving change, transforming business and making a significant impact on the world.
    Forbes Press Releases, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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