premise

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Another recent spinoff from larger funds is Premise Venture Partners, founded by Vanessa Larco, a former partner at venture firm New Enterprise Associates, and Mercedes Bent, previously a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

In 1961, Hackman joined an improvisational troupe directed by Morrison called the Premise; the same year, he made his first appearance in film as a cop in the Depression-era gangster film “Mad Dog Coll.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2025

Premise 2 relies on limitations within your perspective.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

Ken Cassar, a Premise official, said three merchandising performance indicators — shelf stock levels, shelf organization and assortment appeal — started “very strongly” and then declined as the holiday drew near.

From Washington Times • Nov. 3, 2021

Materially, a Syllogism turns upon the resemblance of the Minor to the Middle Term and thus extends the Major Premise to new cases 163 §5.

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth