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How to use the word presumption in a Sentence?

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Given the presumption that they are American citizens, a line of direct communication was established with US authorities to exchange information and dedicated to locating them. These communications are being carried out at the highest level between the State Government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the United States Embassy in Mexico.

Barrios Mojica

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Such security guarantees, however, come with the presumption that Ukraine successfully defends itself in this war.

Olaf Scholz

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The presumption is we're going to do better because of the sustainability element here -- to reduce the land footprint, reduce the water needs and reduce some of the waste streams that go out from feedlots.

David Kaplan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

What BLM has done is pervert the criminal justice system by engaging in activities that have resulted in a growing trend of trials by media, bLM has intimidated juries and judges. Its leaders have no interest in due process or the presumption of innocence.

Carol Swain

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Russia's not writing on a clean slate. Russia has had a state sponsored doping program since at least the 1960s. It is very well established, it is heavily documented. And so when any Russian athlete tests positive, the Russian state is not doing anyone any favors because there is now a presumption of guilt instead of a presumption of innocence, which for a 15-year-old skater is terrible.

Jim Walden

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Our current bail system is not properly balancing public safety and the presumption of innocence, we should empower judges and court commissioners to set common-sense, constitutional parameters for pre-trial release.

Cindi Duchow

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We start with a presumption that, in most cases, these charges don’t need to be prosecuted, dismissal, diversion, treatment, and services are much more often the appropriate outcomes.

District Attorney Rollins

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It is a lie to say that the presumption applied here because like I just said here, we're not in a court.

Chris Cuomo

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Today marks day one of due process for Mark Ridley-Thomas, while some have rushed to judgment, perhaps for political gain, we all win when we afford our brothers and sisters the constitutional entitlement to the presumption of innocence. Our lifelong public servant Mark Ridley-Thomas said today in court that he is innocent; I invite our community to breathe life into that right.

Michael Proctor

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

You have to weigh the presumption of innocence.

Former FBI agent Stuart Kaplan

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I just don't think local law enforcement has the manpower to keep someone inpocket, orkeep someone under wraps 24 hours a day 7 days a week, you have to weigh the presumption of innocence.

Former FBI agent Stuart Kaplan

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The ban is based on a simple presumption : If you have been to a certain school, you will be targeted and labeled as a spy, i think it's a policy of discrimination based on nationality.

Dennis Hu

Found on CNN
2 years ago

My client is pleading not guilty and like any other person that is accused of a crime, my client is presumed innocent, and as a result of that presumption, our firm will be rigorously and zealously defending Officer Haubert.

Reid Elkus

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Vague evidence about uncharged conduct has no place in a courtroom, there is nothing more important to Harvey Weinstein system of justice than the presumption of innocence.

Duncan Levin

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The district has opened a human resources matter to review allegations of potential misconduct under school board policy and the Principles of Professional Conduct for the Education Profession in Florida, the presumption of innocence applies ; however, Amy Donofrio has been removed from school and classroom duties while the matter is reviewed.

Duval County Public Schools

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The presumption that Republicans should get all of those new seats simply because they control the process is a presumption of gerrymandering, and that is illegal.

Kelly Ward

Found on CNN
3 years ago

There has been no offer of any physical evidence at this point, my client is entitled to the presumption of innocence. That means he is absolutely not guilty. As far as the charges go, my client is not guilty in actuality and not guilty under the law.

Harold Mesick

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

The judgment is a welcome reminder of the presumption against extraterritoriality in English criminal law.

Andrew Smith

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Historically, they were labeled tomboys and there was a high acceptance of that and a presumption that they'd outgrow it.

Robert Blum

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Items uniquely required to produce semiconductors at advanced technology nodes — 10 nanometers or below — will be subject to a presumption of denial to prevent such key enabling technology from supporting China's military-civil fusion efforts.

Commerce Department

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Although there are differences in the legal systems of Hong Kong and the mainland, the principles followed by the Hong Kong and mainland criminal laws are not that great, both laws include principles such as presumption of innocence, the right for criminal suspects and defendants to have legal defence, and laws not being applied restrospectively. All these principles can be stipulated in this legislation.

Deng Zhonghua

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

The FBI issued a warning based on presumption of guilt and without any evidence.

The Chinese Embassy in Washington

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

For a woman to come forward in the glaring lights of focus, nationally, youve got to start off with the presumption that at least the essence of what shes talking about is real, whether or not she forgets facts, whether or not its been made worse or better over time, but nobody fails to understand that this is like jumping into a cauldron.

Vice President Biden

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

When people are really worried, in big national crises, people look to the president as the parental figure and they expect the president as the national leader to guide them through it, and protect them and take care of them, so they start with a presumption that he will do that, this is, safe to say, the biggest crisis we've had since World War II, and the notion of there not being any rally behind the president would have been incredible.

Matthew Baum

Found on CNN
4 years ago

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