premise
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If the premise sounds familiar, it is because food television has long cherished the notion that the truth of a restaurant can only be accessed by subterfuge.
From Salon • Jul. 5, 2026
Accepting the majority’s linguistic premise did not require accepting its legal conclusion.
From Slate • Jun. 26, 2026
A KeyBanc Capital Markets team, led by Jackson Ader, on Monday raised its Oracle fiscal 2028 to fiscal 2030 profit targets based on the premise that operating expenses likely will moderate.
From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026
“That was music to our ears, because that’s the original premise by which we started,” Simpson said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
So many have the same premise: once upon a time, there were three.
From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart
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