premise
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Essentially, a company like Nvidia might be interested in buying a PC maker so that it can more easily integrate AI on premise, rather than in the cloud.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
A quietly brilliant premise, and a film no one has ever really made, despite the “hag” title perfectly primed for a tale of sick fixation.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
Three levels of support are available, depending on how close a premise was to the fire and the impact it had.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
The premise of the bill is that “the state can support the early adopters while the factory-built housing industry builds up its reputation,” said Pullen at Terner.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Without equality, eugenics would inevitably falter on the false premise that social ills, such as vagrancy, pauperism, deviance, alcoholism, and feeblemindedness were genetic ills—while, in fact, they merely reflected inequality.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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