proposition

William Blair analyst Andrew Jeffrey wrote last month that PayPal’s “value proposition and tech stack lag disruptive competitors.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

That was not an entirely neutral proposition at a moment when American women still lacked a constitutional right to vote and girls were being prepared for far narrower versions of adulthood.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

"It's a risky proposition to not have people," says Senatore.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

The primary driver of the narrative is an unnamed writer who has approached a famous actor — the M of the title — with the proposition of ghosting her autobiography.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

For the team, his return appeared to be a no-risk proposition.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

"You can decompose a thought into subcomponents, like little atoms of logical propositions, and you can combine them in a hierarchical manner to make more complex structured rules, very akin to language."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

Californians are accustomed to legislating by the ballot and often face a list of propositions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

To be sure, what theologians were investigating was, by definition, mysterious—unprovable in the way that scientific propositions are provable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

"I hope we can reach a compromise, including new propositions," Lange said.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

The same pattern materialized later in the 1790s, when Jefferson embraced two misguided propositions about European affairs.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Tennessee propositioned Paramount Skydance, hoping to tempt it to become the next company to leave California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

During the trial against her husband and his half-brother, Carolyn Bryant took the stand and testified that Till had grabbed her hand and propositioned her.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2025

Anyone with a cellphone has been propositioned at least once by this type of arrangement: the recruiter with a great offer to earn extra money, and with very little required of you.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2025

Before Patrick is propositioned to take Kat out, he is portrayed as scary, lonely and unapproachable.

From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2024

During his on-court interview, the second-seeded Italian was propositioned from someone in the crowd.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 18, 2022

“It was everything from people propositioning me to, ‘You’ve ruined my childhood.’”

From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2021

But when Bobbie takes advantage of Jamie’s jitters to suggest that he marry her instead of Paul, she doesn’t seem needy or wolfish, as Bobby did when propositioning Amy; she seems foolish and disrespectful.

From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021

The company investigated and found that Matthews’s conduct was inappropriate and offensive, though it concluded that he wasn’t propositioning the woman, according to reports from the Daily Caller eventually confirmed by the network.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2020

In 1975, Fisher made a brief but memorable film debut propositioning Warren Beatty in the satire Shampoo, before landing her big break on Star Wars, where she sported a hairstyle she described as “hairy earphones”.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 27, 2016

She observes protocol with a pratfall, practices diplomacy by outright propositioning.

From Time Magazine Archive