premise

The seemingly ridiculous premise became a real motivator once the games started.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Turner and Barbaro have charm up the wazoo, and Gluck does a fair amount of key-jangling to distract from the nagging issues of the premise itself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Did she back off on a premise that is dead on arrival in the current cultural firmament?

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

"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 hidden premise of the lawyer’s argument is that if the audience watches the door, they believe it possible that the woman is alive.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

Around him, the concrete blocks meant to shield the premises that proved useless.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

He said it would be from Thursday onwards that hospitality businesses would see their premises become busier still, as the first part of the week was more competition focused.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

One thing to note: There are no TVs on the premises.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

The fire brigade saved "not just our home but our business premises too", said Manu Goncalves, doling out portions of roast chicken alongside his neighbours' courgettes with his son Theo and niece Manon.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

Penelope was surprised to hear it, for Mrs. Clarke ran the household with the iron hand of, well, a Spartan general, and that meant she was nearly always on the premises.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

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

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

But Anthropic, a company premised on model safety, wasn’t sleeping.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026

Yoder, the court premised its decision to allow Amish parents to remove older children from school on expert testimony showing that the decision caused no harm “to the physical or mental health of the child.”

From Slate ● Mar. 12, 2026

In retrospect, their ignorance seems incredible—but, then, an entire financial system was premised on their not knowing, and paying them for this talent.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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

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 Lewis Gaylord Clark

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 H. A. (Henry Augustus) Wise

I must now relate how these three animals were caught, premising that the capture of the female was the first instance of an adult gorilla being taken alive.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 by Charles Herbert Sylvester