presumedly

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Adverb
  • At this year's event, held at Pura Padel, Holland participated with other BERO higher-ups in a friendly tournament of padel, a racquet sport that's probably best described as a combination of squash and tennis.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 1 May 2026
  • Voters will probably be bombarded with political ads and arguments from opposing sides as the battle intensifies.
    Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • Provincial Bavarian and British ethno-sentimental varieties come easily to mind, and in the twenty-first century, American exports of material culture will likely be overtaken worldwide by Chinese trinkets in the style of Temu-Rococo.
    Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 2 May 2026
  • Its format likely was a factor; CBS ultimately went with four new comedy series for the 2016-17 season, all of them multi-cam.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 1 May 2026
Adverb
  • Police had been contacted by Thiamphanit's friends twice the day before her body was found, but the case was allegedly considered medium-risk, per The Times.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The sheriff's office said the other suspects consisted of individuals who allegedly traveled long distances to meet minors, brought items such as condoms or alcohol, or sent explicit messages and images during undercover communications.
    Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • Syrian authorities on Friday arrested Amjad Yousef, a former intelligence officer who appeared in a video leaked four years ago that purportedly showed him and his comrades executing dozens of blindfolded and shackled prisoners in the Damascus suburb of Tadamon during the country’s civil war.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • While statements attributed to him have been released, he has not been seen publicly since purportedly taking the helm in Tehran.
    CBS News, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • If the families win their lawsuits, OpenAI could be forced to change those rules to block more dangerous sessions and possibly to change ChatGPT’s overall design to be less sycophantic.
    Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2026
  • After the Boeing 737 landed at the airport in San Diego, the pilot reported to the tower that the plane had possibly hit a drone while flying at about 3,000 feet.
    Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • Meanwhile, today begins a six-year window for you that will bring a change in your professional life, perhaps new opportunities.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Leaf’s need to literally feel her way through her work is also a subject of her art—perhaps the overriding subject.
    Nicole Rudick, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • However, during one segment of the performance, a snake reportedly bit the German tourist after crawling into his clothing.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • One of the most talked-about pairs is Harry Styles and Zoë Kravitz, who reportedly got engaged in late April.
    Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 28 Apr. 2026
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“Presumedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presumedly. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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