premise
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The six-part series, written by Sophie Goodhart and co-starring Jemaine Clement, begins with a friendship-shattering premise.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Setting aside the conspiratorial premise, the “many” in Pratt’s assertion is doing a ton of work.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
Both arguments rest on a faulty premise that no meaningful trade-offs exist between national security and economic engagement with adversaries.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
This lesser-known decision is the premise of “Pressure,” a new movie from filmmaker Anthony Maras.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
They indulge as well in reductio ad absurdum, the logical practice of taking any premise to an extreme, and in various sorts of combinatorial word play.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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