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premise

Definition for premise

noun as in hypothesis, argument

verb as in hypothesize

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“And soon we’ll have a wee little moonstruck Ashton on the premises. Imagine that! Let’s hope he’s not the last of the line.”

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Penelope was surprised to hear it, for Mrs. Clarke ran the household with the iron hand of, well, a Spartan general, and that meant she was nearly always on the premises.

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Events under the umbrella of Tehran Design Week will continue into Monday at other venues, but the university said it was closing its premises to ensure public safety after "a massive influx of visitors".

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"Falling debris caused a fire on the premises of one enterprise," Malkov said on Telegram but there had been no casualties.

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Holmes’s minute inspection of the painter’s abandoned premises at 7 Turncoat Lane reveals signs of a struggle and traces of dried blood.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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