proffered

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Batson established a three-part framework for racial juror challenges: Defense counsel challenges a strike, the prosecutor gives race-neutral reasons for it, then defense counsel has the opportunity to rebut those proffered reasons as pretextual.

From Slate • May 28, 2026

An MP close to Miliband proffered a more straightforward explanation.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

An exception among them is the purposely titled “Outrageous Predictions” proffered annually by Saxo Bank of Denmark.

From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025

Her clothes have been lost en route, and she furiously rejected all proffered substitutes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 1, 2025

To beasts of chase the lie is proffered: Timor Mortis Conturbat Me.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White