proposal
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The proposal -- echoing the restaurant shorthand "86" for an item that is off the menu -- pits zealous reformers against vested interests, with an electorate knowing little about the issue.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
That is nearly 4% higher than the A$5.05-a-share proposal Ingenia rejected a week ago, and more than 10% higher than an initial A$4.75-a-share approach in early September.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
“They made a proposal, but I rejected it,” Trump told reporters outside the White House on Saturday.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
The vote was initially tied, with 45 members backing the motion and 45 opposed, requiring Presiding Officer Huw Irranca-Davies to cast the deciding vote against the proposal in line with parliamentary convention.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Again, on the face of it, Hamilton's proposal looked seductively simple.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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More than 70% of Swiss voters rejected proposals that would have prevented the European nation from imposing sanctions without UN approval, official results showed.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Sosnick has a history of backing L.A. candidates and ballot proposals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
However, Helen Barnard, director of policy and research at the anti-poverty charity Trussell, said the proposals were "deeply misguided".
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
While other schools use committees to review course proposals, Harvard has long deferred to the judgment of individual faculty and departments, said Amanda Claybaugh, dean of undergraduate education.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Since her father did not have enough money to raise a suitable dowry, no proposals came Ammu’s way.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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