as a premise
Example Sentences
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Yet Tesfaye has recently hinted at retiring the Weeknd as a premise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025
"Once you've accepted something as a premise and committed to it, you can be entirely internally consistent and reach more and more outlandish conclusions."
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2023
Other sci-fi series take climate emergency as a premise.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2023
A reasoner can use several instances in their experience as premises to draw a general conclusion and then use that generalization as a premise to draw a conclusion about a specific new instance.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
It is customary to approach the gospels with this interpretation of Christ as a premise, and such a study has some unquestionable advantages.
From The Life of Jesus of Nazareth by Rhees, Rush
