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presumably he's going on the trip for business reasons, but we have our doubts
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However, what’s happening this month (specifically on Saturday, Jan. 25, according to content copywriters who presumably never step outside at night) remains an arresting sight.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
The latest chapter of the Butler-Heat saga came one day after the Phoenix Suns swung a deal with the Utah Jazz to acquire three first-round draft picks that the Suns are expected to use as pieces in another trade — presumably one that would bring Butler to them.
—Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025
His body was found nine days later inside a suitcase hidden under a concrete slab inside a house in Santiago in which he was presumably tortured.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
With Gardner-Johnson in the lineup, presumably, there won’t be as many coverage busts.
—Ted Nguyen, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
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Jamie Carter, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
The latest chapter of the Butler-Heat saga came one day after the Phoenix Suns swung a deal with the Utah Jazz to acquire three first-round draft picks that the Suns are expected to use as pieces in another trade — presumably one that would bring Butler to them.
—Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025
His body was found nine days later inside a suitcase hidden under a concrete slab inside a house in Santiago in which he was presumably tortured.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
With Gardner-Johnson in the lineup, presumably, there won’t be as many coverage busts.
—Ted Nguyen, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Presumably.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/presumably. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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presumably
adverb
pre·sum·ably
pri-ˈzü-mə-blē 
: one would presume : it seems likely : probably
presumably he'll come later
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