1
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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2
as in likely
by reasonable assumption
presumably he'll come later
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Recent Examples of presumably
The time for talk eventually will end, and the race presumably will be scheduled during Lyles’ ramp-up to the USA outdoor track and field championships July 31.
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Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2025
The incredible upheaval of China under past decades of Communism is not a distant memory: one lonely bachelor hails from a formerly wealthy family in the area, presumably before collectivization.
—Nicolas Rapold, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025
However, the animal refuses to move and remains on the spot with its mouth wide open, until another man, presumably a resident, comes with a broom and starts shoving the crocodile, who then reluctantly begins to move.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
This season, Berliners are trying on an American classic, the Harley Davidson motorcycle jacket, and also borrowing some trends from the menswear shows, including wearing opulent and luxe fur coats (faux presumably).
—Caroline Kynast, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2025
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Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2025
The incredible upheaval of China under past decades of Communism is not a distant memory: one lonely bachelor hails from a formerly wealthy family in the area, presumably before collectivization.
—Nicolas Rapold, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025
However, the animal refuses to move and remains on the spot with its mouth wide open, until another man, presumably a resident, comes with a broom and starts shoving the crocodile, who then reluctantly begins to move.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
This season, Berliners are trying on an American classic, the Harley Davidson motorcycle jacket, and also borrowing some trends from the menswear shows, including wearing opulent and luxe fur coats (faux presumably).
—Caroline Kynast, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for presumably
Adverb
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The versatile Chestnut, 56, leads with intellect, charm and six-pack abs as Dr. John Watson, the beloved colleague of the apparently deceased Sherlock Holmes, in CBS' modern series.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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Leslie Bibb is Kate, a Texas housewife apparently married to a tycoon.—
Noel Murray,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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And American retailers and manufacturers likely would absorb at least some of the duties instead of passing them along to consumers through higher prices, economists said.—
Paul Davidson,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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Rodgers, 28, remains a free agent and though Spotrac projects his market worth at $56.4 million over four years, given that he was cut by the Rockies in November and has failed to catch on with any other team, he could likely be acquired for significantly less.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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The main characters seemingly walk through the state in Season 5 and stay in Richmond for at least a week.—
Sabrina Moreno,
Axios,
21 Feb. 2025
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After all, a yearslong belief that demographic shifts, population growth and rapid urbanization had Democrats on the cusp of flipping the nation’s most populous Republican state was seemingly in tatters after November.—
J. David Goodman,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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My predecessor was a non-family member, and my successor will most probably be a non-family member.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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Anyone who offers a confident explanation of the situation is probably wrong.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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The government responded with an affidavit, supposedly from a prominent general, saying that the land had to be cleared and fenced off for military reasons, to prevent terror attacks.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2025
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Nor had the West anticipated that the Houthis in Yemen, a supposedly ragtag militia that had received a large arsenal of missiles from Tehran, would be capable of bringing global shipping in the Red Sea to a near standstill.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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The central character’s name is, perhaps, revealing in the lexicographic sense.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Feb. 2025
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That gesture of investment in the country and its people perhaps induces some measure of guilt in Mosese, who feels displaced abroad, but no longer quite at home in the place he was born.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
23 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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Adames also stopped by the Arizona complex after signing his record-setting seven-year, $182 million contract, ostensibly to check out the Giants’ facilities and scope out houses in the Scottsdale area.—
Andrew Baggarly,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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While the premise is ostensibly a tour through the different eras of New York City, the real purpose was to tour the different eras of SNL casts through this big, brassy prism.—
Joe Berkowitz,
Vulture,
17 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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If Democrats don’t look away, maybe the public won’t, either.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
The New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2025
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The 40-yard dash is probably going to be ridiculous, maybe even in the 4.5-second range, which would be nuts for a guy that size.—
Emile Nuh,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Presumably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presumably. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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