posited

Example Sentences

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It posited an America that never existed in place of the one that does.

From Slate • May 7, 2026

Traders also may be selling what they can to cover losses in other markets, a number of observers posited.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

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

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