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Six example sentences with presumptuous, each labelled with its topic.
It was presumptuous of him to redesign the client's logo before anyone had signed the contract or asked for changes.
Business
A student who tells the family the diagnosis before the attending arrives is being presumptuous, however confident the reading seems.
Medicine
Rewriting the composer's ending felt presumptuous to the orchestra, so they played the original and let critics complain.
Music
It was presumptuous of the guest to reseason the stew while the host was out of the room fetching bread.
Cooking
The rookie was presumptuous enough to wave off the veteran's play and call his own in the final seconds.
Basketball
Critics called it presumptuous for the mayor to announce a stadium before the council had seen a single number.
Politics
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Found in 11 published word lists
- Academic Word List (Coxhead 2000)Authoritative
- Magoosh GRE 1000Recognized
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
- Manhattan Prep 1000 GRE WordsRecognized
- PrepScholar 357 GRE WordsRecognized
- Barron's 333 GRE High-Frequency WordsRecognized
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE 3000+ word list (widely used study list)Recognized
- GregMat 960 GRE WordsRecognized
- MajorTests SAT 1000Recognized
- SparkNotes 1000 SAT WordsRecognized
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