posited

Example Sentences

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Perhaps, somebody posited, he took a day trip to Liverpool and got stranded on the wrong side of the Mersey?

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

He posited that opera’s magic lies in its inherent ambiguity and its true power is rebirth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Last weekend, a sensational report posited a future in which AI unleashes enough disruption and job destruction to bring on a deep recession and financial crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Deutsche Bank analysts posited in October that hopes for a long-term recovery may already be priced into the shares, limiting how far they can rise in the near term.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

The gene, Schrödinger posited, had to be made of a peculiar kind of chemical; it had to be a molecule of contradictions.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee