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01. I [presumed] she was talking to me because she was looking right at me when she said it.

02. I don't know why Tina is absent today; [presumably], she is ill.

03. The knife found beside the victim is [presumably] the murder weapon.

04. One man is missing, and [presumed] dead after a fishing boat sank off the coast of the San Juan Islands this weekend.

05. In our legal system, the [presumption] is that you are innocent until proven guilty.

06. When she didn't come to work, I simply [presumed] that she was sick.

07. When you didn't answer the phone, I [presumed] you were out, so I didn't bother leaving a message because I was in a hurry.

08. There is a Latin proverb which states that those who are once found to be bad are [presumed] so forever.

09. On finding David Livingstone at Ujiji on Lake Tanganyika in November, 1871, British explorer Lord Stanley said, "Dr. Livingstone, I [presume]?"

10. People have a tendency to evaluate other cultures in reference to their own [presumably] superior culture.

11. All the stars which are in a cluster [presumably] formed from the same cloud of gas.

12. The pilot of the plane that went down in the Rockies is [presumed] dead.

13. The actor died of a [presumed] drug overdose, though authorities have refused to comment on the case.

14. The [presumption] that all white males are sexist and racist is in itself discriminatory.

15. Older elephants teach younger ones how to behave, and [presumably] about the landscape and foodstuffs.

16. [Presuming] Ralph and Betty are able to come to the party, we will have six couples here Friday.