posited
ˈpä-zə-təd 
ˈpäz-təd
; positing
ˈpä-zə-tiŋ
ˈpäz-tiŋ
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Their analysis also posits that most of the billionaires are likely to stick around in the long run because the tax is a one-time hit.
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Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Today, the self-congratulation of white liberals has been displaced by white-supremacist promoters of Western civilization who don’t merely posit but brutally enforce inequality between races, peoples, cultures, and nation-states.
—Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
One catch was that these strings must have 10 space-time dimensions to wiggle around in, so string theorists posited that there must be six tiny extra directions curled up at each point in our familiar four-dimensional space-time.
—Quanta Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
For her part, Jaques posited that the AI systems' language-altering behavior could be a result of how they are currently trained, which might reward the manipulation of graders’ preferences.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
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Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Today, the self-congratulation of white liberals has been displaced by white-supremacist promoters of Western civilization who don’t merely posit but brutally enforce inequality between races, peoples, cultures, and nation-states.
—Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
One catch was that these strings must have 10 space-time dimensions to wiggle around in, so string theorists posited that there must be six tiny extra directions curled up at each point in our familiar four-dimensional space-time.
—Quanta Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
For her part, Jaques posited that the AI systems' language-altering behavior could be a result of how they are currently trained, which might reward the manipulation of graders’ preferences.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 20 Mar. 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 31 Mar. 2026.
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