as in saying
to take as true or as a fact without actual proof
postulates that all people are born with certain rights that can never be taken away from them
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Recent Examples of postulating
Allen’s exhibitions have often been accompanied by press releases that do heavy interpretive lifting, postulating formal qualities that don’t always match what’s on view.
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Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 6 May 2026
Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 6 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for postulating
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For more than half a century, Robert Watson, one of the world’s most illustrious concierges, has been saying yes to hotel guests.—
Andrea Sachs,
Washington Post,
26 May 2026
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So academics on the left and newspapers and so on, essentially saying that the American Revolution was all about slavery and that Britain was allowing the slaves to be freed, and all of this, so hooray for Britain, which was a very improbable development.—
Sean Woods,
Rolling Stone,
25 May 2026
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Once stakeholders begin assuming that every image, video, or statement could be fabricated, institutional trust weakens across the board.—
Richard Torrenzano,
Fortune,
26 May 2026
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And, teams assuming low-code handles anything can end up with fragile systems held together by workarounds.—
Nik Froehlich,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Even more hilariously, 54 percent of Democrats went as far as presuming that even an 8-year-old boy could throw down his lunchbox and get the job done.—
Rachel Marsden,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2026
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Think about more positive interpretations before presuming someone is insulting you.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Apr. 2026
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The Spanish Civil War is in full swing, and Sebastián is part of a welcoming party organized by his village, believing that Mussolini’s men are coming to liberate them.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
22 May 2026
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Major studios didn’t even want to bid on the rights, believing the film wasn’t worth the potential PR headache.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
20 May 2026
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Why is impostor syndrome an important point to consider when thinking about the literary life of Marilyn Monroe?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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Like all sensible, forward-thinking clubs, Newcastle keep a database of potential managerial targets in case the worst happens, yet during a moment of trepidation, no approaches were made or feelers put out.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
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Barnett’s hypothesizing about the motives of a nonexistent male child of Barack Obama is part of a conservative fixation that’s detached from historical reality.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
1 May 2026
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They were allowed to spend seven days hypothesizing experiments and then the results were compared to what two human AI safety researchers had been able to do in a similar timeline.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Postulating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postulating. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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