- present tense form of propose (3rd person singular).
proposes
Example Sentences
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Between bites of a chocolate ice cream bar, Coleman proposes continuing on toward Santa Clarita, via the twisties on Bouquet Canyon and Spunky Canyon roads.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The theory proposes that subjective experience arises in systems that combine large amounts of information into a unified whole.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
To fund the 5½-year gap until Social Security, the adviser proposes not having a fixed withdrawal strategy.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Mr. Woolfson’s book, which is subtitled “Authoring Life by Means of Artificial Biological Intelligence,” proposes not the gene-by-gene editing of today’s most ambitious therapies but a more radical rewriting of the human genome.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
"I will marry the next person she proposes."
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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