proposals

NOUN

suggestion, presentation for action

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bid idea motion offer outline overture plan program project proposition recommendation scheme

STRONG

angle design feeler layout pass picture pitch proffer scenario setup tender terms

WEAK

big idea brain child game plan

Antonyms

STRONGEST

condemnation refusal

Example Sentences

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Proposals abound to boost funding for job-retraining programs—their dismal record of failure notwithstanding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Proposals like these would essentially end anonymous browsing online, and it wouldn’t just end it for minors.

From Salon • Dec. 22, 2025

Proposals to more strictly regulate data center development died in the Legislature this year.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2025

Proposals to regulate new data centers failed to achieve a two-thirds majority vote, leaving PJM’s board with mixed guidance.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

Colonel Slaughter check'd the Mohawks for entering into a separate Treaty with the Enemy, and said he could admit of no Proposals of Peace.

From The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada Part I, Part II by Colden, Cadwallader