posited

Example Sentences

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It has been so closely scrutinized that film workers have posited their own theories.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 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

Piper Sandler analyst Adam Maeder posited that the results might drive some doctors toward a competitor.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

He posited that we shouldn’t be afraid to disagree.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 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