postulating
- present participle of postulate.
Example Sentences
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The research is anchored in a theory postulating that emotions are generated when human cognition evaluates events from various perspectives.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2024
HGT has been shown to be an ever-present phenomenon, with many evolutionists postulating a major role for this process in evolution, thus complicating the simple tree model.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
You wouldn’t think this because what needs explaining is why this monkey—the only one you’ve actually observed—is writing English, and postulating other monkeys doesn’t explain what this monkey is doing.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 10, 2021
And Peter Higgs’ theory postulating the so-called “God particle” named the Higgs boson didn’t win its Nobel until the actual particle was discovered by a massive European particle collider.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2018
Flamsteed was one of the first people to suggest that the phenomenon was really a single object, postulating that it had been repelled from the Sun by some sort of magnetic effect.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
