postulation

Example Sentences

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“But the postulation by the Jesuits wanted to bypass it.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 19, 2024

These days, an interview with Mastraieni is just as likely to discuss comedy theory as it is political postulation.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2021

By analogy, what we need explaining is why the only universe we’ve ever observed is fine-tuned, and the postulation of other universes doesn’t account for this.

From Scientific American • Jan. 10, 2021

It’s figures like these that encourage the postulation of doomsday scenarios, familiar from science fiction, in which humanity risks extinction.

From The Guardian • Aug. 12, 2018

In four out of the five cases of Tieck's largest caption, "ohne Ausdruck," he is certainly incorrect and the postulation of "wenig Ausdruck" is wrong in at least two out of the three cases.

From Tieck's Essay on the Boydell Shakspere Gallery by Danton, George Henry