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, 4 Feb. 2025
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
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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
This left-wing version of anarchism postulated the end of private property and the social ownership and distribution of resources.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 4 Feb. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for postulate
Noun
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The assumption is the Wolves won’t be able to do that in each of their final five games, even with one of the league’s most favorable remaining schedules.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
4 Apr. 2025
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Intricate supply chains and trillions of dollars in investments—made over years based on assumptions of a world where trade barriers were being reduced or would remain constant—are now being upended.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Schimel’s loss was a referendum on Musk.—
Will Steakin,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2025
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The parties are not treating the bid seriously, however, given that it was submitted just days before a deadline staving off a U.S. ban is set to expire, the person said.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
3 Apr. 2025
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Within just a few years, Einstein would publish his theory of relativity and launch an entirely new era of physics.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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As with the human brain, there are a lot of theories about how AI functions.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Her dog, Willow Jane, assumes the position and places her head in her palm.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2025
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Never assume; repeat, ask them questions, be patient and laugh.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2025
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The objective was to confuse enemy U-boat captains trying to determine the speed and direction of those ships, and a 1919 study seemed to support that hypothesis.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
31 Mar. 2025
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Refraining from adding personal conjecture or hypotheses might reduce any bias LLMs bring into their calculations.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
Verb
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After a meteoric rise, she was arrested by authorities in August 2024, but to date, she is presumed innocent, with the case ongoing.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2025
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What if the expectations gap has now come for the rich countries that Huntington once presumed immune?—
Moisés Naím,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Matthieu Humair, chief executive officer of the Watches and Wonders Geneva Foundation, which organizes the annual event, believes there is safety — and strength — in numbers.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
1 Apr. 2025
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Kleiman also found evidence to believe that some members of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel were not all expelled to Mesopotamia in the 7th century B.C. and actually may have stayed in Megiddo.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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An unusual chemical alchemy may have been responsible for the unique way Sue was fossilized, the researchers hypothesized.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
31 Mar. 2025
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In 1957, Roger Revelle, the founder of UCSD, hypothesized that fossil fuels would lead to environmental changes.—
Ainsley Bock,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Postulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postulate. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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