posited
ˈpä-zə-təd 
ˈpäz-təd
; positing
ˈpä-zə-tiŋ
ˈpäz-tiŋ
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Jeff Marks, director of Club portfolio analysis, posited that China might be waiting until President-elect Donald Trump takes office and his tariff threats take shape before acting.
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Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024
Though national media coverage has been focused on the search for the suspect, who is believed to have left New York, Holloway posited that the gunman may not have acted alone.
—Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 7 Dec. 2024
The physician Catherine Shanahan’s book Dark Calories, an exhaustive account of the arguments against seed oil, posits that polyunsaturated seed oils promote oxidative stress, which drives all disease.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 2 Dec. 2024
The reason it was not loaded or fired, researchers posit, is because the Spanish didn't have time.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
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Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024
Though national media coverage has been focused on the search for the suspect, who is believed to have left New York, Holloway posited that the gunman may not have acted alone.
—Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 7 Dec. 2024
The physician Catherine Shanahan’s book Dark Calories, an exhaustive account of the arguments against seed oil, posits that polyunsaturated seed oils promote oxidative stress, which drives all disease.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 2 Dec. 2024
The reason it was not loaded or fired, researchers posit, is because the Spanish didn't have time.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Posit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/posit. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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