premise

That’s the premise behind the Slate series Blogging the Bible, in which David Plotz spent a year reading his religion’s founding text in its entirety and reflecting on what he learned.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

She even sought out McDonald, another yacht rock OG, for a collab that didn’t end up making the LP, which expanded beyond her original premise as her listening broadened along with her cooking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

“There’s a premise underlying all of this that you can control AI by controlling the biggest LLMs,” Goertzel told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

Reality, having already borrowed the premise, apparently decided to keep workshopping it.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

Remember, the main premise of this course is that a better understanding of where the basics come from will lead to better and faster comprehension of more complex ideas.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

To make them, firefighters go to homes and businesses in their district to interview residents, understand how they live and map the premises.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The disease has been detected on 40 premises since the south-west Scotland restricted zone was established in early September.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

“The unauthorized use of our restaurant premises, signage, logos, or any other proprietary elements in your content may constitute a violation of our intellectual property rights.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

Wetherspoons, which runs almost 800 pubs across the UK, has banned using the glasses to film inside its premises and women's rights campaigners have raised issues about their potential use for harassment.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Kaz waited all night until he saw a boy about his age leave the premises.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

“This was premised on a convergence in U.S. rates with those abroad as the Fed remained on hold and other central banks caught up,” said the Morgan Stanley team.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

But he premised his conclusion only on statutory grounds; specifically, the Nationality Act of 1940.

From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026

Trademarks, unlike copyrights or patents, are intellectual property that are not premised on creating value for whoever registers them; they’re about protecting consumers.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

He also rejected the notion that he would do Big Tech’s bidding, and the idea that his support from tech leaders is entirely or even largely premised on his plans for their industry.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

The more sure you were of yourself and your judgment, the harder it was to find opportunities premised on the notion that you were, in the end, probably wrong.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Feinstein, who is well known for her opposition to drones, is premising her legislation on safety concerns.

From Forbes ● Dec. 3, 2014

One of his most premising innovations was a new Secretariat for non-Christian religions; but Paul entrusted the project to a Curia professional, Paolo Cardinal Marella, and almost nothing has been heard of it since.

From Time Magazine Archive

I must now relate how these three animals were caught, premising that the capture of the female was the first instance of an adult gorilla being taken alive.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 by Charles Herbert Sylvester

Diderot began by premising that he would let his thoughts follow one another under his pen, in the order in which the subjects came up in his mind; and he kept his word.

From Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. by John Morley

Dear Edward: I promised to send you any news I might pick up about your mother and her premising husband.

From Chester Rand or The New Path to Fortune by Horatio Alger