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[pruh-pohz] / prəˈpoʊz /




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A separate law lets tribes comment on general plans that outline where developers can propose housing, and commercial and industrial facilities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

“I propose a new, audacious, and perhaps desperate strategy: a ‘jailbreak,’ ” it wrote to two others, proceeding to divvy up research tasks.

From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026

"We think it is unfair to pass that burden on to the general public, so we will propose a new financial model that is fair to both solar producers and consumers."

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

Jones said he and actor Marj Hogarth, who are renovating a Grade II-listed chapel in Pwllheli, were on tour "and I just thought I ought to really propose to her on Welsh soil".

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

“I have reconsidered my position. Clearly, a guidebook written by looking through a window simply will not work. Instead, I propose we go outdoors and observe the birds in their natural habitat, so to speak.”

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

The FIA document proposes a V8 engine with a capacity of between 2-2.3-litres with a smaller turbo running at reduced boost pressure and a less powerful hybrid system.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Demonstrators on Europe’s streets, its editorial proposes, are “consumed by rage”:

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

He proposes “a more deeply philosophical optimism that does not necessarily make you happier or more cheerful, although . . . it should.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Neither state proposes an alternative to the Interior Department’s allocation; the thrust of their case is that the Interior Department hasn’t followed the law in imposing its own measures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

I wish to hear with all celerity of their location and the manner in which Your Lordship proposes to assure their safety.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

At the meeting in St Andrews in September, the Scottish FA proposed quotas, as well as financial incentives, in an attempt to increase game time for young Scottish players.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

The proposed credit would go into an account controlled by the enrollee instead of being paid invisibly to the insurer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

The daughter of a Mexican immigrant said her husband proposed moving to Idaho because of the cost of living in California, but she balked because their families live here.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

The free-to-attend college was first proposed in 2023 with the Department for Education later approving the plans.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

The idea behind it—that every human has a unique fingerprint that cannot be altered—was proposed by the Scottish doctor Henry Faulds.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

A landmark report proposing to create career plans for 14-year-olds and above to help them with their future employment, is the lead of the i Paper.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

In July, he called Cooks proposing an entirely new series, this time looking beyond a European lineage to one rooted in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Gross trained Idealab.ai on a huge database of journalistic and professional articles, with an eye toward finding problem statements and then proposing business ideas to solve them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

The president has also unveiled debt relief for small businesses, new university grants and measures to ease fuel costs, while proposing free weekend public transport.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

There was fond remembrance of the meeting a few years back when hundreds had attended because the state was proposing to end COs’ traditional privilege of carrying concealed firearms off the job.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover


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