posit
verb (used with object)
to place, put, or set.
had posited
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past perfectof posit.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Back in 1994, James Goldsmith had posited that the problem with the free market dream was that it didn't protect the home base.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2025
"Back in 2015, we had posited that some tumors are 'born to be bad' -- meaning that their malignant and even metastatic potential is determined early in the disease course," Curtis said.
From Science Daily ● May 30, 2024
Two centuries earlier, Isaac Newton had posited that gravity is a force that somehow reaches through space to attract massive objects to one another.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 7, 2021
The previous, “stage model” theory had posited that there were three distinct stages involved in writing—planning, composing, and revising—and that a writer moved through each in order.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 7, 2019
Scalia had posited in his opinion that “the sky will not fall after today’s decision”; he appears to have been correct, Kennedy’s dire warnings notwithstanding.
From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2017
