assumed
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Synonyms
apparent, evident, ostensible, ostensive, presumed, prima facie, putative, reputed, seeming, supposed
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But according to Redman, this was justified through an assumed primacy of western science over the concerns of indigenous populations and their cultural practices. — Oscar Schwartz, WIRED, "There’s a Thriving Market for Human Body Parts on Instagram," 21 Aug. 2019 That estimate is based on an assumed 6% average annual return and yearly merit pay increases of 3% — without any 401(k) contribution of their own. — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, "The right job can help you pay down your student loans. Here's how to find it," 9 Aug. 2019 And something made him surrender to the FBI about a year later, after living under an assumed name and a fake passport in the Bahamas and the Dominican Republic. — Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Luxury car exporter who disappeared while on probation gets 10 years in prison over $30 million fraud," 6 Aug. 2019 There’s the assumed association with the countries of the congresswomen’s ancestry, a trope that has been used to question the loyalties of immigrants throughout American history. — Michael Luo, The New Yorker, "Trump’s Racist Tweets, and the Question of Who Belongs in America," 15 July 2019 Derby County have excused Frank Lampard from duty for Monday and Tuesday ahead of an assumed agreement with Chelsea over their vacant managerial position. — SI.com, "Frank Lampard 'Excused' From Managerial Duties by Derby as Chelsea Switch Nears Completion," 1 July 2019 Modern historians not only cast a great deal of doubt on his account, but also consider that Aelius is an assumed name. — National Geographic, "The short reign of Elagabalus, Rome's hard-partying emperor," 19 Mar. 2019 Joyce Carol Oates, author of some forty novels (nine written under an assumed name), twenty short story collections, six novellas, eight volumes of poetry, seven of plays, and nine of essays, may be our most prolific contemporary writer. — Sarah Smarsh, The New York Review of Books, "Caroline Fraser," 21 Feb. 2019 Doors singer Jim Morrison is living on a lakeside ranch under the assumed identity William Loyer. — Conor Orr, SI.com, "Carson Wentz’s Four-Year Contract Extension a Smart, Calculated Risk for Eagles," 7 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'assumed.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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