proposition

The aim is to manage relations between countries over the long term to maintain stability and predictability; it’s not a “winner take all” proposition.

From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026

Wright said the company’s traffic, value proposition and franchisee economics aren’t currently meeting expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

A dissent by presiding Justice Alison Tucher concluded the majority misread the proposition, which she said must adhere to the state’s civil rights laws.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

"We've got an incredibly strong membership, incredible attendances across formats and we are based in London. It's a really attractive proposition."

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

The answer is that negation is easy to understand when the proposition being negated is plausible or tempting.23 Compare the negations in these two columns: A whale is not a fish.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

"Cyc validated that much of the knowledge that makes people experts cannot be articulated as propositions."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026

The Declaration isn’t a set of propositions in political science issued by an academic committee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

"I hope we can reach a compromise, including new propositions," Lange said.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

Steyer didn’t flinch as he explained how he has funded ballot propositions and nonprofit initiatives to fight for a more equitable California.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

He wondered if he would be reading propositions by Robert Barclay if he were sitting at a desk in the Phippsburg schoolhouse.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

Tennessee propositioned Paramount Skydance, hoping to tempt it to become the next company to leave California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

During the trial against her husband and his half-brother, Carolyn Bryant took the stand and testified that Till had grabbed her hand and propositioned her.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2025

Anyone with a cellphone has been propositioned at least once by this type of arrangement: the recruiter with a great offer to earn extra money, and with very little required of you.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2025

Before Patrick is propositioned to take Kat out, he is portrayed as scary, lonely and unapproachable.

From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2024

During his on-court interview, the second-seeded Italian was propositioned from someone in the crowd.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 18, 2022

But when Bobbie takes advantage of Jamie’s jitters to suggest that he marry her instead of Paul, she doesn’t seem needy or wolfish, as Bobby did when propositioning Amy; she seems foolish and disrespectful.

From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021

The company investigated and found that Matthews’s conduct was inappropriate and offensive, though it concluded that he wasn’t propositioning the woman, according to reports from the Daily Caller eventually confirmed by the network.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2020

“There is no one — man, woman, founder, V.C., the most aggressive feminist, no one — who would have thought a male V.C. would get fired for propositioning a woman. It’s just a radical change.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2017

In 1975, Fisher made a brief but memorable film debut propositioning Warren Beatty in the satire Shampoo, before landing her big break on Star Wars, where she sported a hairstyle she described as “hairy earphones”.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 27, 2016

She observes protocol with a pratfall, practices diplomacy by outright propositioning.

From Time Magazine Archive