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India, the reigning world champions, were awful in the T20s, yet were always going to be a different proposition given the star power in this ODI XI.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

“It seems to me that you can read all of these old decisions as endorsing the proposition that the court has decided that this is really not a very strong argument,” Greenberg said.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

Consumer Watchdog contended in its lawsuit that the surcharges violated Proposition 103 — the 1988 measure that governs insurer rate hikes — because the proposition does not allow for them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

If there is one thing that is clear about the authority of the federal courts, it is the simple proposition that they can act only on real cases and controversies.

From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026

By the time Lincoln finished his speech, like it or not, that was the proposition and that was what was being tested.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

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

From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026

“Big attractions are very expensive propositions for parks to put in, and parks like Fiesta Village can’t keep up with that.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

Fiedler’s propositions about masculine relationships turned out to be merely the opening shocks in his critical investigations of our country’s literary past.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Surveillance software sprouted in every cranny of the ballpark, first in service of providing more data for teams and front offices to pore over, then as fuel for ever more esoteric betting propositions.

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2026

A reader of this intimidating passage can marvel at Butler’s ability to juggle abstract propositions about still more abstract propositions, with no real-world referent in sight.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

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

“It was everything from people propositioning me to, ‘You’ve ruined my childhood.’”

From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2021

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

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