premise
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Vanessa Larco, co-founder of venture firm Premise Venture Partners, says that this week so far, “it seems like we are all working.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
In 1961, Hackman joined an improvisational troupe directed by Morrison called the Premise; the same year, he made his first appearance in film as a cop in the Depression-era gangster film “Mad Dog Coll.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2025
Premise 1 is the skeptic’s challenge—that you must rule out skeptical hypotheses.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
In 2020, 16% shopped two months in advance, 10% shopped 3 months in advance and 19% shopped one month in advance, Premise said.
From Washington Times • Nov. 11, 2021
Minor Premise: One man can dig a posthole in sixty seconds; therefore— Conclusion: Sixty men can dig a posthole in one second.
From The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose
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