proffer

Rather than declining invitations that you can’t afford, proffer your own invites for dinner or to a barbecue or the county fair.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

He now says his proffer agreement with police, under which he agreed to tell them what he knew but it couldn't be used against him in court, was given under duress, according to Netflix.

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025

A proffer is a truth-seeking interview in which the government holds the leverage and says, We want to get information from you.

From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2025

If past is prologue, he will overreach in response to this week’s peace proffer, rejecting what many in his entourage would view as an attractive exit from a strategic miscue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

“The Holy Father bids us to accept your proffer, Lancelot” The pathos which was growing in the room was broken by the Orkney faction for the second time.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Standing out from the rest of the Crosstrek lineup, the Wilderness grade proffers a more distinct, rugged appearance.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 26, 2025

But van Mulukon proffers another wrinkle to the mix of set, setting and neurology: culture.

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2024

“All four of those people that did their proffers in front of you, they did their plea, it was all recorded, it was sent out there for the world to see,” he said.

From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2023

By the film’s end, some lessons will have been learned, though Holofcener proffers them with such disarming skill that you may not be aware you absorbed them.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2023

She must only be asking if there are any I want as she proffers the tray like a wheel of good fortune.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

The meow, as cute and attuned as it may be to get a human’s attention, is not in his mind a tool for manipulation, as some have proffered.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Microsoft started the month with the launch of its own AI models designed to power target corporate use cases at a much lower cost than the frontier models proffered by OpenAI, Anthropic and Google.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

Batson established a three-part framework for racial juror challenges: Defense counsel challenges a strike, the prosecutor gives race-neutral reasons for it, then defense counsel has the opportunity to rebut those proffered reasons as pretextual.

From Slate ● May 28, 2026

People proffered sensible answers like "I was in a hurry" or "I wasn't paying attention to the speed limit" or "someone was tailgating me".

From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025

Théoden drank from the cup, and she then proffered it to the guests.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

Software giant Adobe is proffering an AI agent for corporate customers that it’s hoping can help revive a business that’s been on the ropes lately.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

Passersby pressed their hands into hers, proffering congratulations.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2024

The claim could be seen as a case of China deflecting and engaging in "whataboutism", said Mr Thompson, which is a way of responding to an accusation by proffering a counter-accusation.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2023

My spouse and I had been endlessly signing forms and proffering photo identifications to open a new account we'd needed.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2022

“I’ve got the flu or something, but your dad just called asking me to bring some food. So here I am,” he said, proffering a Taco Bell bag reeking of onions.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman