as in assumption
something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning
one of the postulates that the true agnostic rejects is the assumption that it is even possible for us to know whether God exists
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as in to say
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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Recent Examples of postulate
Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 19 Apr. 2023
That respect is a core postulate of most Americans’ vision of how their government should function and of their expectation that justices try in good faith to meet that standard.
—Simon Lazarus, The New Republic, 27 Sep. 2022
Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 16 Jan. 2025
Some of the nuttiest conjecture postulates that the Chinese have taken over o1 or perhaps are secretly running OpenAI.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Noun
And therefore, the parallel postulate’s not provable from the other axioms.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 19 Apr. 2023
That respect is a core postulate of most Americans’ vision of how their government should function and of their expectation that justices try in good faith to meet that standard.
—Simon Lazarus, The New Republic, 27 Sep. 2022
Verb
Eugenicist pseudo-scientific race theories postulated that non-white/Nordic/Aryan immigrants were a threat to the gene pool and therefore the future.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 16 Jan. 2025
Some of the nuttiest conjecture postulates that the Chinese have taken over o1 or perhaps are secretly running OpenAI.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for postulate
Noun
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Science took longer to wade into the field, held back by the assumption that aging was inevitable.—
Alice Park,
TIME,
11 Mar. 2025
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This idea shines in Curiosity Collects More Customers, where Ridge explains that leaders must constantly challenge their own assumptions and seek fresh perspectives—whether from employees, customers, or even competitors.—
Nell Derick Debevoise,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The league does not publicize those distributions, but the Rays have been a beneficiary, people briefed on that process said.—
Evan Drellich,
The Athletic,
10 Mar. 2025
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Initially, the damage was attributed to high winds but eventually was investigated as a hate crime, police said.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
9 Mar. 2025
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Other theories include the theory that Lottie died by suicide.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
28 Feb. 2025
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Follow Di Placido for more meme explainers, television reviews, film theories and deep dives into digital culture.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Bringing It All Together The plug-and-play approach assumes leadership is static.—
Tom Roberts,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) grew 6.6 percent to €528 million ($571 million) when assuming constant exchange rates.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Mar. 2025
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Colossal said its woolly mouse would enable its scientists to test hypotheses about the link between specific DNA sequences and physical traits that enabled the mammoth, which went extinct around 4,000 years ago, to adapt to life in cold climates.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
4 Mar. 2025
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The hypothesis was that higher VO2 max would be associated with less brain shrinkage with age, which in turn would be associated with better cognitive scores.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside Online,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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They were presumed to be paupers from Mexico, looking for charity.—
Richard J. Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Mar. 2025
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Airline crews are first advised to immediately notify the captain of a person who has been declared dead, or presumed to be dead.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Venable believes the prospects gained experiences that will aid them and the club in the future.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2025
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Authorities do not believe that Thompson was present when John Blauvelt murdered Cati Blauvelt.—
James Stolz,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2025
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But to the researchers’ surprise, their survey revealed a second secret tunnel that experts had only hypothesized about for years.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN,
1 Mar. 2025
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Paleontologists hypothesize that birds evolved from dinosaurs about 160 million years ago.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Postulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postulate. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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