positing
- present participle of posit.
Example Sentences
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Some seasoned startup investors had a more measured read, positing that Anthropic’s updated language was an effort to simplify its investor list as it prepares for an initial public offering.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Its writers never pretend that the Dales folk have lives free of difficulties, positing instead that the way to overcome hard times is to pull together, which isn’t always easy.
From Salon • Jan. 7, 2024
These are things for research — I’m not positing that this is finished.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2023
It promised a systematic solution, then guessed randomly again by positing that S = 1.
From Scientific American • May 25, 2023
Their cosmology developed over time, but was notable for positing a perfectly spherical earth either in the center of the universe, or rotating around an ideal central fire.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
