posited
ˈpä-zə-təd 
ˈpäz-təd
; positing
ˈpä-zə-tiŋ
ˈpäz-tiŋ
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All three of Sea Limited's core businesses are posited well for gains from here, according to Bank of America.
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Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
There was an aspect to the story that really hit my heart hard in Bruno Lacombe’s radical philosophy, which posits that modern humans have lost their essential connection to the primal elements of existence.
—Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
The movie, which posits an impending nuclear strike on a major American city, is a flimsy yet high-minded piece of doomsday schlock, largely populated by ciphers in suits and drained of the pulp pleasures that schlock, at its best, can afford.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
Many philosophers have posited solutions to nihilism and the realization that the universe isn’t centered around us.
—Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025
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Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
There was an aspect to the story that really hit my heart hard in Bruno Lacombe’s radical philosophy, which posits that modern humans have lost their essential connection to the primal elements of existence.
—Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
The movie, which posits an impending nuclear strike on a major American city, is a flimsy yet high-minded piece of doomsday schlock, largely populated by ciphers in suits and drained of the pulp pleasures that schlock, at its best, can afford.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
Many philosophers have posited solutions to nihilism and the realization that the universe isn’t centered around us.
—Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Posit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/posit. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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