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To be sure, it’s easier to posit electrical issues External link for the 787, which entered service in 2011.

From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026

But, given that Grande and NBCUniversal campaigned just as fiercely, I’m once again inclined to posit that the sequel’s dreadful reputation soured Grande’s chances.

From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026

Some are just ridiculous, as when advocates posit that the best way to evaluate an event’s likelihood is to see what gamblers with “skin in the game” are thinking about it.

From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2026

She has done little to tamp the speculation since, though some posit she is merely expanding her profile ahead of a run for county executive in 2028.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025

“There are flying squirrels, you know. They exist. In fact, there are some theories that posit that all squirrels are descended from the flying squirrel. In any case, flying squirrels themselves are a documented fact.”

From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo

Senhor José posits various reasons of his own—loneliness, a wish for change, a belief that he can save her from dusty obscurity—and the novel takes on the form of his mental equivocations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

He posits that millions of Americans who were born in this country to parents without papers “have a strong moral claim to be able to remain in the land where they grew up.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

Less publicity has been given to his observations regarding the Phillips curve, which posits a trade-off between inflation and unemployment.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

He posits that all the various forms of our modern alienation are connected, drawing throughlines that are both preposterous and incisive as he shows his work.

From Salon ● May 22, 2026

“Ah, but most of them are complacent,” Nansi posits.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Some experts have also posited that being rude to AI chatbots could adversely impact human communication, by seeping into how we talk to and treat others.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

The New York Fed researchers didn’t have a definitive answer for why charged-off loans are staying on credit records longer, though they posited that perhaps lenders changed their reporting practices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

She posited that the value of a currency should reflect its purchasing power and the best way to assess this was to use one “perfect universal commodity” — the Big Mac.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

“Citizen Kane” posited that all media moguls are driven by a lust for power that stems from an irreparable brokenness.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

He cautioned us when we got too lawyerly and posited careful questions intended to get us to think hard about why we felt the way we felt.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Sheinbaum has sought to avoid confrontation with Trump while also positing herself as a defender of Mexican sovereignty.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

Some seasoned startup investors had a more measured read, positing that Anthropic’s updated language was an effort to simplify its investor list as it prepares for an initial public offering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

Maybe a quote like that might lend itself to industry power players positing that Kilmer was difficult.

From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2025

In late 2022, she made headlines after positing in an interview with RealLyfe Productions that the fallen music executive was behind the deaths of former Uptown Records figures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2024

Their cosmology developed over time, but was notable for positing a perfectly spherical earth either in the center of the universe, or rotating around an ideal central fire.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro