posit
verb (used with object)
to place, put, or set.
have posited
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present perfectof posit.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“Her Private Hell” is not merely glittering debris, as some have posited, nor is it style over substance; it’s a campfire story told by Thatcher’s unearthly orator, with just as much chilling impact.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
It has been so closely scrutinized that film workers have posited their own theories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026
Maybe this is, as some commenters have posited, the beginning of the end of all white-collar knowledge work, and a precursor to mass unemployment.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2022
Though the 18-year-old recording artist hasn’t personally speculated about why she was excluded from the ceremony, fans have posited some theories — which Siwa has retweeted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2022
Add five days or so for natural procrastination and devilment, and we have seventy days interval, which we have posited as the ideal orbit for our tonsorial ecstasies.
From Mince Pie by Christopher Morley
