premise

"We're famously a wet country but there's been a whole raft of really positive research coming out of the States that's basically working on the premise that water doesn't burn," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

“The very premise of a free republic is that you are going to have differences in views,” Latner said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

That premise doesn’t come with a carve-out for whichever branch of government happens to be asking for the redesign.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026

The premise is evident in the consensus estimates for the five hyperscalers when combined as a group.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Thinking it was his premise that the alchemist found unbelievable, he hurried along.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Officers made the arrests after raiding a business premises in Gillingham, it added.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

The family was told his body was one of the 35 found at Legacy's premises.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Friday's judgement said that while plans submitted to the UK authorities were redacted and not all rooms were identified, there was "no possible ambiguity as to the nature of the intended use of the premises".

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

In March 2024, he was visited at his Surrey home by police family liaison officers who told him his mother's body had been found during a raid at Legacy's premises in Hull.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

“It’s our job to search the premises for these. We ask for your cooperation.”

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

Trademarks, unlike copyrights or patents, are intellectual property that are not premised on creating value for whoever registers them; they’re about protecting consumers.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

Run-A-Muck is premised on the idea that consumers who enjoy a story, world or other type of intellectual property will consume as much of it as possible in whatever form they can.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

He also rejected the notion that he would do Big Tech’s bidding, and the idea that his support from tech leaders is entirely or even largely premised on his plans for their industry.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

The 2026 fuel subsidy calculation was premised on a global oil price of $70 per barrel, but prices have since topped $100.

From Barron's ● Mar. 31, 2026

The colorblindness ideal is premised on the notion that we, as a society, can never be trusted to see race and treat each other fairly or with genuine compassion.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Feinstein, who is well known for her opposition to drones, is premising her legislation on safety concerns.

From Forbes ● Dec. 3, 2014

One of his most premising innovations was a new Secretariat for non-Christian religions; but Paul entrusted the project to a Curia professional, Paolo Cardinal Marella, and almost nothing has been heard of it since.

From Time Magazine Archive

This much for externals—men and beasts included, merely premising that the whole affair was situated in a quiet detachment by itself, a few hundred yards in rear of the village.

From Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia by Wise, H. A. (Henry Augustus)

It is to these trials that we shall now confine ourselves; only premising certain facts necessary to the perfect understanding of the extracts which we are about to make.

From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 by Clark, Lewis Gaylord

Club-foot used to perch beside me on a chair, and pick his morsels from the floor, always premising that two windows at least must be open.

From Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites by Stables, Gordon