posited
ˈpä-zə-təd 
ˈpäz-təd
; positing
ˈpä-zə-tiŋ
ˈpäz-tiŋ
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The lawyers posited that if the court declares the canceling of the sale unconstitutional, ITD’s $1.4 billion budget should also be thrown out.
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Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 31 May 2024
The article posits that her arrival in that post, and her focus on diversity, led to a precipitous drop in the quality of incoming students.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024
At the time, experts posited that the engraved stone box had held the remains of two different people at different times, per a statement from the French National Center for Scientific Research.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2024
Philosophy lecturer Gary Johnson (Glen Powell) posits this question to his University of New Orleans class early on in Richard Linklater’s Hit Man.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 May 2024
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Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 31 May 2024
The article posits that her arrival in that post, and her focus on diversity, led to a precipitous drop in the quality of incoming students.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024
At the time, experts posited that the engraved stone box had held the remains of two different people at different times, per a statement from the French National Center for Scientific Research.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2024
Philosophy lecturer Gary Johnson (Glen Powell) posits this question to his University of New Orleans class early on in Richard Linklater’s Hit Man.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 May 2024
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“Posit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/posit. Accessed 8 Jun. 2024.
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