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The UN's chief diplomat assigned to Sudan, former Algerian Prime Minister Ramtane Lamamra, formulated a peace plan that was premised on the assumption that the army would achieve a military victory.
The Constitution’s checks and balances are premised on each branch wanting to protect its powers.
But that idea is premised on another notion, even more central to Trump’s persona, that there are “enemies” out there — Democrats, coastal elites, immigrants — who are the cause of that unfairness, Rosenthal said.
"Cancel culture" complaints are usually premised on the notion that liberals are obligated to applaud bigoted statements, date people they don't like, and laugh at jokes they don't find funny.
Trump’s order is premised on the idea that increasing Delta pumping would make more water available for the rest of California.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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