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presumably he's going on the trip for business reasons, but we have our doubts
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While Il-nam dies from a brain tumor in the Season 1 finale, some of his Squid Game co-creators are presumably still alive.
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Kayti Burt, TIME, 24 Dec. 2024
Lucas Giolito presumably slots into the No. 4 spot which leaves Kutter Crawford and Bryan Bello competing for the final spot in the rotation.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
In the aftermath of a flash flood that leaves much of the Yorkshire town of Waterside underwater, police officer Jo Marshall (Peaky Blinders’ Sophie Rundle) is called to a parking garage, where the body of a man is found trapped in an elevator, presumably drowned.
—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2024
Jung-Ho doesn’t agree to join his brother and is shot off a cliff, presumably dead.
—Matt Minton, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
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Kayti Burt, TIME, 24 Dec. 2024
Lucas Giolito presumably slots into the No. 4 spot which leaves Kutter Crawford and Bryan Bello competing for the final spot in the rotation.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
In the aftermath of a flash flood that leaves much of the Yorkshire town of Waterside underwater, police officer Jo Marshall (Peaky Blinders’ Sophie Rundle) is called to a parking garage, where the body of a man is found trapped in an elevator, presumably drowned.
—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2024
Jung-Ho doesn’t agree to join his brother and is shot off a cliff, presumably dead.
—Matt Minton, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Presumably.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/presumably. Accessed 3 Jan. 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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