POSTULATE in a Sentence

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1. The school building programme postulates an increase in educational investment.
2. The basic postulate of democracy, set forth in the Declaration of Independence, is that all men are created equal.

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 Meanings and Examples of POSTULATE
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postulate
 n.  essential premise; underlying assumption
Classic Sentence:
1  But to arrive at these laws, resulting from the sum of all those human wills, man's mind postulates arbitrary and disconnected units.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER I
2  One is a postulant for two years at least, often for four; a novice for four.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER III—AUSTERITIES
Example Sentence:
1  The basic postulate of democracy, set forth in the Declaration of Independence, is that all men are created equal.
2  The school building programme postulates an increase in educational investment.