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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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Recent Examples of presumably
After all, most classes have nothing to do with elections, so presumably the content of most lectures is immune to whatever happens today.
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Abigail Anthony, National Review, 5 Nov. 2024
The page also featured a snap of a guy sitting in the audience at the reunion special, presumably Monica's new beau.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
It’s set in an unnamed time in what is presumably the very near future, when the United States has been taken over by a fundamentalist group known as Gilead, under whose regime women are considered property and stripped of any personal rights.
—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
Competitive dynamics in the schizophrenia space will presumably bring about changes that offer opportunities and pose challenges to Cobenfy’s sponsor, Bristol Myers Squibb.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Abigail Anthony, National Review, 5 Nov. 2024
The page also featured a snap of a guy sitting in the audience at the reunion special, presumably Monica's new beau.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
It’s set in an unnamed time in what is presumably the very near future, when the United States has been taken over by a fundamentalist group known as Gilead, under whose regime women are considered property and stripped of any personal rights.
—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
Competitive dynamics in the schizophrenia space will presumably bring about changes that offer opportunities and pose challenges to Cobenfy’s sponsor, Bristol Myers Squibb.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Little about the house changed, but workers did apparently fix the roof, per spies on the Brooklyn Heights Blog.Bridget Read, Curbed, 15 Nov. 2024
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Miyagi-Do’s opponents this time are Dublin Thunder, apparently a dojo full of Irish stereotypes (complimentary).Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024
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Still, if the Sharks’ template is any indication, the Penguins will likely be challenged to become contenders again — not just this season but for years to come.Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Dat Truong, 32, a 10-year Denver police officer, will likely be decertified from working as a police officer in Colorado due to the conviction.Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
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The marketing campaign has seemingly become more and more viral each year, as Spotify ups its graphic design and data personalization game.Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2024
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One of the show's main characters will seemingly not return, which has left many questioning whether the show is – or should be – continuing.Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 22 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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Scott, the old pro, knows how to give these scenes a vicious vitality that overcomes any thoughts about how the Romans supposedly got live sharks in the water.Alison Willmore, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
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Like all first ladies, Melania launched an initiative to supposedly improve the lives of a certain segment of the American public.Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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If a Chanel bag for your bestie isn't in the budget, perhaps the Ultimate Allure Makeup Set is.Devon Abelman, Allure, 23 Nov. 2024
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But perhaps her biggest challenge, besides working under Scott’s famously tight shooting schedule, was accommodating the director’s very specific vision for characters like Lucilla (Connie Nielsen), Lucius’s estranged mother who, now married to Acacius, is living under house arrest.Elaina Patton, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
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But even his newest series, Landman, which is ostensibly about the oil business in southwest Texas, features Mexican cartels and inconvenient cadavers.Noel Murray, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
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Irvine City Council positions are ostensibly nonpartisan offices, but Park and Liu approach the dais from starkly different political backgrounds.Jonathan Horwitz, Orange County Register, 8 Nov. 2024
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The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 faces uncertain prospects in the Senate, and maybe that’s not so bad.Bridget Grumet, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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There are more than 100 new ones this year, with no more than 10 plots between them, joining the many hundreds, maybe thousands, that came before — and keep coming back.Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Presumably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presumably. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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