premise
Example Sentences
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Investors are turning skeptical of private equity and loans premised on supposedly predictable results.
The lawsuit says the venue is responsible for premises liability and Lamb for negligent hiring and supervision.
From Los Angeles Times
He recently alleged that dozens of police officers had raided his property in Karen, ejected his staff and security guards and taken control of the business premises.
From BBC
In fact, the project, whose premise depended on sustaining a false reality for one unknowing star, inherently risked self-destruction.
From Los Angeles Times
Dark Star” plays its premise for laughs, complete with a beach-ball alien that bounces chaotically and dangerously through the ship.
From Los Angeles Times
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