postulate
verb (used with object)
to ask, demand, or claim.
have postulated
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present perfectof postulate.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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So Gasca and a wide array of City Section coaches have postulated something needed to change with seedings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
For decades, some outsider researchers have postulated that the brain has some connection to quantum entanglement that results in consciousness.
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2022
Kiser and Pinkerton said researchers also have postulated that the PM 2.5 irritates nasal, throat and lung passages, creating inflammation that makes those areas ripe for infection.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2021
If Tim Tebow was — as many have postulated — the owner Woody Johnson’s trophy acquisition to counter the Giants’ Super Bowl hardware, consider that marketing a rousing success.
From New York Times ● Jan. 1, 2013
If the other conditions that we have postulated can be realized, it seems almost certain that there must be less illness than there is at present.
From Proposed Roads to Freedom by Bertrand Russell
