posited

American  

[poz-i-tid] / ˈpɒz ɪ tɪd /

adjective

1. claimed or assumed as a fact or principle, especially as a basis for argument or further investigation.

   The posited planet, supposed to explain the irregular orbit of Uranus, was later discovered—Neptune.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of posit.

Etymology

Origin of posited

posit ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Stopping such practices will be incredibly hard without legislation, Lambert of the Allen Institute said, which he posited could be a goal of Anthropic drawing attention to the matter.

From MarketWatch

Last weekend, a sensational report posited a future in which AI unleashes enough disruption and job destruction to bring on a deep recession and financial crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal

The analyst posited that equities appear ahead of credit in pricing AI risk.

From Barron's

He posited that we shouldn’t be afraid to disagree.

From The Wall Street Journal

However, he posited that the uptick in spending could be indicative of Amazon’s “inherent advantage in being able to retrofit existing AWS infrastructure,” meaning that the company could bring capacity online faster than its peers.

From MarketWatch