proffer

Rather than declining invitations that you can’t afford, proffer your own invites for dinner or to a barbecue or the county fair.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

He now says his proffer agreement with police, under which he agreed to tell them what he knew but it couldn't be used against him in court, was given under duress, according to Netflix.

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025

If past is prologue, he will overreach in response to this week’s peace proffer, rejecting what many in his entourage would view as an attractive exit from a strategic miscue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

Remarkably, the Justice Department did not even proffer this argument; the majority just made it up.

From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2025

Mostly, though, no one speaks to me or even looks at me except to proffer an application form.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

Standing out from the rest of the Crosstrek lineup, the Wilderness grade proffers a more distinct, rugged appearance.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 26, 2025

When the judge asked Miller why he leaked the proffers, Miller defended his actions.

From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2023

By the film’s end, some lessons will have been learned, though Holofcener proffers them with such disarming skill that you may not be aware you absorbed them.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2023

Rover proffers a classic gig-economy arrangement, allowing workers to fine-tune their rates and cherry-pick their neighborhoods and clientele.

From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2023

She must only be asking if there are any I want as she proffers the tray like a wheel of good fortune.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

It's as good a reason as any proffered so far this series.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

The meow, as cute and attuned as it may be to get a human’s attention, is not in his mind a tool for manipulation, as some have proffered.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Batson established a three-part framework for racial juror challenges: Defense counsel challenges a strike, the prosecutor gives race-neutral reasons for it, then defense counsel has the opportunity to rebut those proffered reasons as pretextual.

From Slate ● May 28, 2026

It isn’t readily apparent Abel can find conditions, at least in listed markets, that satisfy the simple and profound counsel proffered so long ago by Buffett’s late partner, Charlie Munger.

From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026

Ashish smiled lazily at her as he shook her proffered hand.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

Surprisingly, this was Ms. Josefowicz’s first Ojai Festival, her debut on the Libbey Bowl stage having come the day before, proffering Mr. Adams’s rollicking “Road Movies” with her frequent musical partner John Novacek on piano.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

His moment in the Oval Office, proffering the invite from the King for a historic second state visit, "the most heart in mouth" moment of the whole year for some of his allies.

From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025

But “Tracks II” more than makes up for this omission by proffering such a wide range of previously unreleased music.

From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2025

Passersby pressed their hands into hers, proffering congratulations.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2024

He shuffled half sidewise, an injured crab, making his way toward where Ed Soames stood proffering the Holy Bible.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson