posited
ˈpä-zə-təd 
ˈpäz-təd
; positing
ˈpä-zə-tiŋ
ˈpäz-tiŋ
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If For All Mankind’s early seasons laid out an optimistic fantasy of what space travel could be, scientific advancement and social progress sweeping ahead hand in hand, Star City posits a much darker vision, and arguably one much more in keeping with our own current national mood.
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Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2026
Smits van Oyen posited that these statistics help explain the steep increase in large-scale M&A across the board in the last 12 months, citing deals including Keurig Dr Pepper and JDE Peet’s, Mars and Kellanova, Sysco and Jetro, and McCormick & Company and Unilever.
—Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
Although genre is defined differently in various disciplines, rhetorical genre studies (RGS) posit a more refined definition in which genre is viewed as social action.
—Tham Thi Nguyen, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
Based on the site’s rocks, which do not preserve ripples or other signs of waves, the team posits that this area was once the ocean floor.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 20 May 2026
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Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2026
Smits van Oyen posited that these statistics help explain the steep increase in large-scale M&A across the board in the last 12 months, citing deals including Keurig Dr Pepper and JDE Peet’s, Mars and Kellanova, Sysco and Jetro, and McCormick & Company and Unilever.
—Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
Although genre is defined differently in various disciplines, rhetorical genre studies (RGS) posit a more refined definition in which genre is viewed as social action.
—Tham Thi Nguyen, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
Based on the site’s rocks, which do not preserve ripples or other signs of waves, the team posits that this area was once the ocean floor.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 20 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for posit
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“Posit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/posit. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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