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• n  an assumption that is taken for granted
• n  (law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed
• n  audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
• n  a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming
  his presumption was intolerable

• There is a built-in presumption really, an intention that even most of the transferred embryos will die.
• They point to many an egregious case in which the law's marital presumption of fatherhood has ended up enslaving a divorced dad, like the Michigan man who proved he had not sired .
• Your humor relies on a presumption that people know what you're talking about.

• given
• precondition
• presumptuousness
• effrontery
• assumption

News & Articles

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• IU stifles pessimists
  Indiana University cannot compete at the elite level of college baseball. That pessimistic presumption prevailed as the consensus opinion, pretty much an absolute in Bloomington an ...
  June 12, 2013 - Bedford Times-Mail
• DNA samples from crime suspects may be expanded to all felony charges
  UPDATED WITH POLL: Law enforcement says the move would solve more crimes, while civil liberties advocates say collecting DNA before someone is convicted violates the presumption of innocence.
  June 11, 2013 - TV 7&4 Traverse City
• Tim Dobbins skips OTAs, Texans don’t seem troubled by it
  In the NFL, the word “voluntary” means “be there.” Actually, at every level of football, any team activity that the player can choose to attend or skip comes with a presumption that, if the player knows what’s good for him, he’ll be there. (If you don’t believe that, just ask any high-school football player who…
  June 7, 2013 - NBC Sports: ProFootballTalk

Quotes

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• Rod Blagojevich in CNN International
  I would ask the good people of Illinois to wait for the trial and afford me the presumption of innocence that they would give to all their friends and neighbors,Blagojevich, who was vacationing with his family, said in the statement.
• John McCain in New York Times
  I don't seek the presidency on the presumption that I am blessed with such personal greatness,Mr. McCain said. "That history has anointed me to save my country in its hour of need."
• Wang Guangya in Washington Post
  I think the council members will have to consider that, because I think we all start from the presumption that now things have changed,Ambassador Wang Guangya told reporters at the United Nations.