postulated

verb

Definition of postulatednext
past tense of postulate
as in assumed
to take as true or as a fact without actual proof postulates that all people are born with certain rights that can never be taken away from them

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  1. assumed
  2. presumed
  3. believed
  4. hypothesized
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  • On the other end, Gibbs began to slither his way into open space, and the Lions assumed full control.
    Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
  • As an incentive for the teams to stick around, the city assumed ownership of the land but agreed to give it back to the teams at the expiration of a ground lease in 2023, according to documents reviewed by The Post.
    Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of assumed
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  • Misch also faces charges in a high-profile kidnapping and presumed murder that took place in Hayward in 1989.
    Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
  • This fateful decision meant that, when he is presumed to have fallen ill on his walk, Mosley was unable to raise the alarm.
    Caroline Frost, Deadline, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of presumed
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  • Estimates of Gaza’s Christian population range from roughly 800 to more than 1,000, although hundreds are believed to have left for Egypt, Canada and Australia since the war began.
    Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Bells in the church, with a gold cross on its steeple visible on Broadway and surrounding blocks, are believed to be more than 170 years old.
    Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of believed
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  • And the economists hypothesized that medical professionals would be more likely to diagnose them with ADHD because younger kids are more likely than their peers to display symptoms of hyperactivity or inattentiveness.
    Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Dark matter, hypothesized to make up 27 percent of the universe, is some unknown material that affects the rest of the cosmos with its gravity.
    Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of hypothesized
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