proposition
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Owning an oil refinery is a profitable proposition in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
William Blair analyst Andrew Jeffrey wrote last month that PayPal’s “value proposition and tech stack lag disruptive competitors.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
The radical proposition is not that Girl Scouts tells girls what to think.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
The notion that a defeat would be met with a collective shrug by Rangers fans was never a serious proposition.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
There would be other offers, including a lavish proposition from the University of Texas.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
"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
Chief Executive Mike Hsu said the company is addressing discrete headwinds and investing in innovations and brand propositions to win over consumers across the value spectrum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 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
"I hope we can reach a compromise, including new propositions," Lange said.
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
Turner figured he had had enough of Robert Barclay’s tormenting propositions, more than enough to satisfy any human being, and he said so.
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
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
“It was everything from people propositioning me to, ‘You’ve ruined my childhood.’”
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 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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