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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It might also be criticized for saying nothing about whether any or all of that money should be rebated to the countries that paid the money and the companies that experienced price increases for their products as a result of higher tariffs.—
Cal Thomas,
Arkansas Online,
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Some 40 city employees sued the city, saying they were wrongly exposed to asbestos during the months-long renovation.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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That changed a bit on a sunny Saturday in San Francisco, the contest assuming a smidgen of campaign heat — chanting crowds, sign-waving supporters, call-and-response from the audience — as the state party held its annual convention in this bluest of cities.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2026
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The mayor is expecting to distribute the payments before the end of March, assuming the ordinance passes both its first and final readings, with a final vote anticipated on March 10.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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The risk is in presuming that anything subversive or sensational is also true and meaningful, and that anything conventional is a lie that must be smashed down.—
Laura K. Field,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2026
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The letter was apparently unconvincing, and the search began again, with detectives presuming suicide.—
Emily Krauser,
PEOPLE,
18 Jan. 2026
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Colombians use thermal mud found in the region for therapeutic purposes, believing the mud has health benefits.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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Weaver asked the judge to release Meyers on bond with no internet access as a condition, but the judge said no, believing Meyers was still a threat to the general public.—
Ross Guidotti,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Many analysts and economists are thinking along similar lines, with Deutsche Bank Research Institute recently prompting a proprietary AI tool to forecast what jobs its AI brethren would eliminate, and how.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
23 Feb. 2026
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Taking no questions, the DA offered no indication of his or his office’s thinking on the matter.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
23 Feb. 2026
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There’s another line of hypothesizing that says that development of red fall color discourages insects from feeding on leaves in the fall.—
Paul Cappiello,
Louisville Courier Journal,
14 Nov. 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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“Postulating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postulating. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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