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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

With these comments, Noem, Vance, and others defending the officer posit that if Good had simply followed orders and gotten out of the car, none of this would have happened.

From Slate ● Jan. 15, 2026

One can find a cheaper home farther from the coast, so for argument’s sake let’s posit a $500,000 home with a $40,000 mortgage: $2,450 a month, or only $29,400.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025

“West End Girl” and the public’s ensuing reaction posit that it might be possible.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2025

It’s not much of a stretch to posit that such a rash of misfortune dealt a serious blow to Waterman’s young psyche.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

Another piece, this one written by two Gen-Z women, posits that Holden himself is “the ultimate performative male.”

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 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

While she never escapes the gravitational pull of her own gendered perspective, Ms. Saxbe nonetheless posits fresh approaches on how men parent and where they might improve.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

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

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Hannah Arendt, one of the 20th century’s defining political thinkers, posited that modern life was making “being human superfluous”; her learned successor Lepore warns that our present bears out that idea.

From Los Angeles Times ● 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

Myriad other reasons have been posited, such as increased use of contraception, more female education, and growing housing or childcare costs.

From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026

He posited that the company may opt to outright purchase a carrier or a mobile virtual network operator, or MVNO, which is a provider with an arrangement to leverage another company’s capacity.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

To get around the problems of fossil distributions, they posited ancient "land bridges" wherever they were needed.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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

The speculation continued over Grammys weekend, with fan sites positing that Gaga and Mars would perform a cover of Michael Jackson’s “Earth Song” at the show.

From Salon ● Feb. 3, 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

The theory neatly solves the grandfather paradox by positing separate universes in which each possible outcome exists, thereby avoiding a paradox.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon