supposes

present tense third-person singular of suppose
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as in calculates
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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Recent Examples of supposes But that view wrongly supposes that Abundance was meant to be its own electoral lane. Ryder Kessler, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026 Of course, this pre-supposes that Salah looks to leave Europe this summer as a free agent. Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026 This is not true, unless, Miss Manners supposes, your definition of formality begins and ends with having to wear shoes. Judith Martin, Mercury News, 17 June 2026 Farrell supposes that no high school baseball team in the nation has traveled as much as Orange Lutheran has. Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 2 May 2026 Leo’s fine, one supposes, as evil plantation owner Calvin Candie, but the role is not a natural fit for him. Tim Grierson, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025 The first theory supposes that the Big Bang produced dense spots that didn’t collapse immediately. Quanta Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • Essentially a form of computational fluid dynamics, the simulation divides the flow passages into a very large number of tiny regions and calculates things such as velocity, pressure, turbulence, and temperature throughout the component.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The directors instructed Jantzen earlier this month to develop a plan to overhaul the assessment process after board members raised concerns about how the district calculates the charges.
    Haley Parsley August 28, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026
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  • As the force gradually assumes responsibility for police patrols, Haitian police will be able to redeploy to support operations in Kenscoff, the international force said.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The problem is that the stock's valuation already assumes all of that keeps going, at a moment when the growth driver behind it (the AI-era power generation boom) is facing its first regulatory pushback.
    Tony Zhang, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
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  • His daughter Jordan, 43, says Mary hated being inside and a part of her thinks that, just maybe, Mary went for a walk to higher ground before the floods struck.
    Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Stacy Fischer-Rosenthal, president of Fischer Travel and a member of Four Seasons’ advisory board, thinks Airelles could be one of the biggest winners this season.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 1 Sep. 2026
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  • Dorsey was founded lab-grown, always marks its products as lab-grown, but has never marketed around the concept, Strachan says.
    Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Newlight says its retrofit can go onto an operating vessel within one to two weeks.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
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  • Wilson estimates that the pulley system snapped and broke about 25 years ago.
    Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Detroit Mercy estimates students will spend $1,468 on books and supplies during the 2026-27 academic year.
    Adrienne Roberts, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2026
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  • Logan Wright, the author of Broken China, guesses that growth is now running at no more than 1% — and may even be zero.
    Andy Browne, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The system consists of a predictive algorithm that guesses how a robot is broken, along with robotic manipulators that actually take the broken robot apart.
    Kohava Mendelsohn, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Aug. 2026
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  • Consequently, Shin believes the won has significant room for appreciation moving forward.
    , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Kaltenbrunner believes that Hitler has been sent by God to rule over Germany.
    Danielle Parker, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
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  • The group presumes the deal would need approval from Chicago’s City Council as well.
    Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The Hoodoo tradition presumes a belief in a supernatural or spirit world that can be called upon for assistance, often through charms and incantations.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026

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“Supposes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supposes. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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