The president then assumes additional authority claiming "wartime" privileges.

The president assumed he wanted to resign.

The organization's current president, Lisa Simpson, assumed the role in January 2011.

The president assumes legislative powers when the National Assembly is in recess.

In any case, the president must assume responsibility for his actions and those of his administration.

Our country will be stronger, not weaker, if our next president assumes office following a process that most Americans believe is fair.

Yet the president either assumed or had been told, possibly by Jack Fenwick, that she had helped make it happen.

The elected president will assume his/her position during the council investiture.

Wartime fights have often been institutional, with Congress fearing that popular presidents were assuming too much power.

The president may assume a "What, me worry?"