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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
suppose .
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Examples
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However, the moral of this narrative, one supposes, is that effort doesn't always translate into excellence -- perhaps, despite its most earnest endeavors and its healthiest attitude, EA's games genuinely weren't good?
Stop Making Sense SVGL 2008
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Miss Howe, in short, supposes she has found a flaw in my character.
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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He has always been nomadic, without the pastoral habits which the word supposes: a mere wandering savage, without purpose or motive, beyond the gratification of the temporary want, whim, or passion, and void of
Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States J. L. McConnel
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That title supposes that Chiappino loses his soul at the end of the play.
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Calvin supposes Lebanon to refer to Judea, described by its north boundary: "Lebanon," the route by which the Romans, according to
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To be a doer of the word supposes that we believe it, or that our hearing of it be mingled with faith.
The Whole Works of the Rev. John Howe, M.A. with a Memoir of the Author. Vol. VI. 1630-1705 1822
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Miss Howe, in short, supposes she has found a flaw in my character.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6 Samuel Richardson 1725
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M.St. Martin supposes that the different races spread from the head of the
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Again, the problem isn’t the variation as such — the whole point, one supposes, is to see how our judgments change as each of these factors do.
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From the Chester pageant it is clear that the prophet rode on a wooden animal, since the rubric supposes that the speaker for the beast is "in asinâ" (Thos.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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