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proposition

[prop-uh-zish-uhn] / ˌprɒp əˈzɪʃ ən /




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Winograde: And because of the price point, it’s a whole different risk-reward proposition.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 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

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

In a lengthy statement, Cordeiro said he "unequivocally" opposed the plans and said he "did not accept the proposition" Fifa needed outside investors to "unlock greater value".

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

If Rindlisbacher was free to testify then Bunderson would face a tough call as to whether to put Reggie on the stand, a proposition the defense attorney thought was fraught with peril.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

"You can decompose a thought into subcomponents, like little atoms of logical propositions, and you can combine them in a hierarchical manner to make more complex structured rules, very akin to language."

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

This demonstrates the value of America’s lead, but it isn’t clear government has a better solution to the safety risks even as it threatens to turn the labs’ billion-dollar superintelligence bets into lose-lose propositions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

It’s choosing people who only allocate capital to losing propositions.

From Salon Jun. 22, 2026

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

From Barron's May 19, 2026

“Read the first two propositions, and then summarize them after dinner.”

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

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

Azhagu told us he and Mayur had also been propositioned in the street.

From BBC Jun. 7, 2024

However, just yesterday the concept of caviar as a casual snack was propositioned yet again — and this time by Pringles.

From Salon Sep. 20, 2023

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




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