postulating

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Postulating an uncreated divine intelligence or ultimate reality doesn’t tell us much about what God wants from us.

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2021

Postulating that a martini made with more olive brine than vermouth is no longer a martini, I send the BFG on its saline way.

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2013

Postulating the existence of such a mysterious force was a desperate act.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Postulating more unity than the first experiences yield, we also discover more.

From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by James, William

Postulating, then, that Jeanne escaped from Rouen between the 24th and the 28th, how shall we explain what happened immediately afterward?

From The Unseen World and Other Essays by Fiske, John