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proposition

[prop-uh-zish-uhn] / ˌprɒp əˈzɪʃ ən /




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Daniel Bunn, CEO of the Tax Foundation, a low-tax think tank, has a good article in the Orange County Register about the specific flaws in the proposition as it has been written.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Yang and Rogers have leveraged their devoted audience into a bigger business proposition.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

But July trades for starting pitchers need not be such a scary proposition.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

However, Ryan Hass, an expert on China and Taiwan at the Washington-based Brookings Institution, threw cold water on the proposition.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

There was a formal debate on the always contentious proposition that “the East is a better place to live than the West.”

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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