premise

Part of the answer, he said, came in what feels like a premise gamers take for granted now - "just getting out of the car".

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026

But, thanks to Debotte's workplace revelation, the case was built on much more than that simple premise.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

“They’ve violated the entire premise of that information-sharing relationship,” said one former high-ranking federal cybersecurity official who now advises state governments on national security.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

This year’s biggest horror hit has a timeless premise that’s been explored in works as varied as the 1902 short story by W.W.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Enquiries based on this premise are bound to conclude that the claims made on behalf of well-founded beliefs are excessive because that conclusion is built into the methodology.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

And under what premises did they take it?

From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2026

Late Monday, dozens of people, including the mother of a Novi Sad disaster victim, stormed Informer's premises and disrupted its broadcast.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

But notice this is already different from the science-fiction fears birthed before AI was a real thing, when simple premises permitted so many startling conclusions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

In contrast to the prominent Gothic-style central building on the school grounds in Bedfordshire, England, the Indian premises are more modern, with purpose-built academic blocks.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

For Aristotle, the ideal science consisted of a chain of logical deductions from incontestable premises.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

“This was premised on a convergence in U.S. rates with those abroad as the Fed remained on hold and other central banks caught up,” said the Morgan Stanley team.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

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

Expectations of the proliferation of AI across industries and in consumer applications were premised on a massive build-out of the data centers needed to support the technology.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 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

The more sure you were of yourself and your judgment, the harder it was to find opportunities premised on the notion that you were, in the end, probably wrong.

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

Herodotus, in his chatty fashion, tells us various problematical stories of the Scythians, premising that he does not believe them all himself.

From Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris

The point of Mill's innovation was, premising that general names are not absolute but are applied in virtue of a meaning, to put emphasis on this meaning as the cardinal consideration.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by William Minto

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 Gordon Stables