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proposition

[prop-uh-zish-uhn] / ˌprɒp əˈzɪʃ ən /




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It is a far more modern and accessible proposition than the old Jarama circuit, around 30 kilometres north of the city, which hosted the Spanish Grand Prix between 1968 and 1981.

From Barron's Sep. 12, 2026

The Cardinals’ coaching staff is a wait-and-see proposition.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2026

Overall, “the underlying value proposition of Anthropic is still very strong,” Martin said, adding that demand remains high for the company on the private market.

From MarketWatch Sep. 11, 2026

It’s sticking with its value proposition and pricing for this new handbag line.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

It’s a Doberman, and it’s eyeing me like I’m a much more attractive proposition than the jerky.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

"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

To be sure, what theologians were investigating was, by definition, mysterious—unprovable in the way that scientific propositions are provable.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 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

Several propositions may be interconnected by a set of coherence relations, and the resulting chunk is in turn connected to others.

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

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




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