posited
ˈpä-zə-təd 
ˈpäz-təd
; positing
ˈpä-zə-tiŋ
ˈpäz-tiŋ
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Trump’s administration could be trying to play it safe ahead of the president’s April meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, hoping not to jeopardize any deals or negotiations, Sacks posited.
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Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 12 Dec. 2025
The editor of Cook Political Report posited that Republicans could end up with little to no gains when all is said and done.
—Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 12 Dec. 2025
Russini posited that those in the Raiders building thought the team would be able to land an elite head coaching candidate like Ben Johnson or Mike Vrabel.
—Andrew McCarty, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
Riding along on those grain stores, the researchers posit, were fleas infected with Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes the plague.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 4 Dec. 2025
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Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 12 Dec. 2025
The editor of Cook Political Report posited that Republicans could end up with little to no gains when all is said and done.
—Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 12 Dec. 2025
Russini posited that those in the Raiders building thought the team would be able to land an elite head coaching candidate like Ben Johnson or Mike Vrabel.
—Andrew McCarty, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
Riding along on those grain stores, the researchers posit, were fleas infected with Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes the plague.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 4 Dec. 2025
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“Posit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/posit. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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