posited
ˈpä-zə-təd 
ˈpäz-təd
; positing
ˈpä-zə-tiŋ
ˈpäz-tiŋ
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Gill posits that the regulatory environment in Texas may resemble what companies believe the national regulatory environment will come to look like under a new Trump administration.
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Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025
Goldstein posits that what has always stopped Louis before is this sense of needing to make amends, or at least, apologize with Jimmy and Alice.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 Dec. 2024
At least since Aristotle, many writers have posited a sensorial hierarchy: seeing and hearing are said to be the most salient to our minds and the easiest to verbalize, followed by taste, touch, and finally smell.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Yet a paper accepted for publication in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics posits that planets on the inner edge of a solar system’s habitable zone might remain habitable for up to two billion years longer than previously thought.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025
Goldstein posits that what has always stopped Louis before is this sense of needing to make amends, or at least, apologize with Jimmy and Alice.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 Dec. 2024
At least since Aristotle, many writers have posited a sensorial hierarchy: seeing and hearing are said to be the most salient to our minds and the easiest to verbalize, followed by taste, touch, and finally smell.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Yet a paper accepted for publication in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics posits that planets on the inner edge of a solar system’s habitable zone might remain habitable for up to two billion years longer than previously thought.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Posit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/posit. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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