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proposition

[prop-uh-zish-uhn] / ˌprɒp əˈzɪʃ ən /




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But the proposition also is touching on another hot-button issue: data centers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

And perhaps that’s the difficulty with Airbnb’s entire proposition.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

All they do is put forward a proposition and invite a marketplace to build.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

I have long disagreed with that proposition, provided the Fed’s forward guidance is honest and clear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

“Exactly what makes the whole proposition a foul ball, chief. Levver, take it from there.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

Every so often, refineries shut down for months to work on “turnarounds” — top-to-bottom refurbishment and replacement cycles due to safety and other regulations — which are expensive propositions.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Nearly one-third of voters were undecided about two other propositions:

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

"Cyc validated that much of the knowledge that makes people experts cannot be articulated as propositions."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026

It’s choosing people who only allocate capital to losing propositions.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

Rebutting those propositions one by one is the task of the speech that follows.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

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

However, just yesterday the concept of caviar as a casual snack was propositioned yet again — and this time by Pringles.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2023

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


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