Presume
Presume verb - To take as true or as a fact without actual proof.
Usage example: we should presume that a person is innocent until proven guilty
Question
Question verb - To demand proof of the truth or rightness of.
Both words in one sentence
- This does raise the question of why a financial guy would even know so much about firefighting, but one can presume he simply looked it up between the end of that story arc and writing it down.
Source: Shown Their Work / Web Original
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