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
Many scientists have postulated that Venus was bone-dry from the beginning and never hosted liquid water.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 7, 2020
To account for the propagation of heat and light, that is, of radiant energy, we have postulated the existence of a medium filling all space.
From Aether and Gravitation by William George Hooper
