predicating

present participle of predicate
as in basing
to find a basis she has predicated her theory on recent findings by other astronomers

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Recent Examples of predicating With everyone predicating their behavior on everyone else’s, norms shift rapidly, and complicated feedback effects ensue. Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predicating
basing
Verb
  • This is a warmonger that is basing his policy decisions around the region on narcissism and political ambitions that don't go beyond staying in power for no more than one month.
    Leila Fadel, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Some of these will always fail, some will complete with a breakout, and some will continue basing.
    Randy Watts, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025

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“Predicating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predicating. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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