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Example Sentences
Main Entry:
prem·ise
[
prem
-is
]
/
ˈprɛm
ɪs
/
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Part of Speech:
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Main Entry:
premise
Part of Speech:
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Example Sentences
The risk-reducing formulas behind portfolio theory rely on a number of demanding and ultimately unfounded
premises
.
The worst part about moving to the small town of Bridgewater is that her family has to live on the
premises
of the hospital.
Calm was restored when the counterman assured us that there was another pie on the
premises
.
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Noun
The risk-reducing formulas behind portfolio theory rely on a number of demanding and ultimately unfounded
premises
.
The worst part about moving to the small town of Bridgewater is that her family has to live on the
premises
of the hospital.
Calm was restored when the counterman assured us that there was another pie on the
premises
.
Meanwhile, the landlord of the inn that is home to the players plans to sell his
premises
.
That said, I still have a hard time agreeing with your basic
premises
.
Photographers may even be escorted off the
premises
.
Nobody drops a sandwich wrapper on the
premises
.
I'm sure it's a relief to know that the
premises
are indeed safe.
The
premises
of the paper all seem reasonably sound.
Eschewing pseudomystical assertions about the innate wisdom of beasts, the author bases her assertions on scientific
premises
.
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