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

Again, what you need explaining is why Joey is typing English, and the postulation of other monkeys doesn’t explain 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

Five hundred thousand persons, about one sixteenth of the postulation were thus banished from Spain, and forced to seek refuge on the coasts of Barbary.

From The Inquisition A Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Power of the Church by Conway, Bertrand L. (Bertrand Louis)