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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Marchand posted information about the raffle on Instagram, saying the game will celebrate Selah Panacci-MacCallum's life.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025 -
Stop coming up with all of these creative ways of saying Eric failed.—
Molly Ball,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
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With Kevin Gausman, José Berríos (assuming elbow health) and Trey Yesavage pencilled into starting spots next year, the Jays have at least two holes to fill.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Without context, you’d be forgiven for assuming that the Elena in question was not another author’s creation, but Messud’s own.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2025
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Its modest following often dismissed those posts as fakes, presuming the quartet staged spooky stuff for clicks.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
13 Oct. 2025
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Storage and safe transport back to Earth, presuming governments and markets decide that bringing helium-3 home is economical, adds further complexity.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Sep. 2025
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Other tour guides agreed, believing Canadians do this to avoid being confused with their American counterparts.—
Vivian Song,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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Many comments were harsh on the look, believing that part of the team's history should be left in the past.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Cami eventually gives her baby, a boy, up for adoption, thinking nothing bad will ever happen to him.—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
30 Oct. 2025
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The nameplate has all but been a Japanese exclusive since its debut—a limited number were exported to Europe and China during its second generation—but in recent years there have been signs that the company was thinking about broadening its reach.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
30 Oct. 2025
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By hypothesizing that a phase of relentless, exponential expansion preceded and set up the hot Big Bang, inflation implies the following.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
14 Oct. 2025
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The notion that vaccines cause autism was born out of a fraudulent 1998 study, hypothesizing that the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine caused intestinal inflammation, which, in turn, led to the development of autism.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Postulating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postulating. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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