HYPOTHECATED Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

hypothecated

verb

past tense of hypothecate

as in assumed

to take as true or as a fact without actual proof even before a single vote had been cast, media pundits were hypothecating that the former senator would be the party's nominee

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Lukic, whose lab continues to scale up its medium-voltage unit, assumed the killer application for SSTs would be EVs.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
If Cammarata is correct, then mechanistic interpretation may be more effective than many had assumed.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

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Brennan said his letter was based on direction offered by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in November.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
Slide 1 of 15 The entries included license plate numbers, descriptions of vehicles and descriptions of law enforcement personnel Willie Herndon believed were following him, the complaint said.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2026

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The last polls before election day have given Eisenkot’s Yashar presumed coalition a lead of about two to six seats over Netanyahu’s ruling coalition, according to three of Israel’s main broadcasters.

— Yarden Segev, NBC news, 27 Oct. 2026
The motion noted that Brockway gave an officer a residence key that was later given to another officer who presumed it to imply consent for entry.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026

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Fixes for what are believed to be uncommonly severe vulnerabilities are scheduled to drop in a little more than 12 hours for PHP, a programming language that powers websites and Web applications everywhere.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026
Mustapha initially believed the film would be driven by its ideas about masculinity, only to discover in the edit that their friendship had become its emotional throughline.

— Essie Assibu, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026

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