premise
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Steve, too, is more complicated than the show's premise initially suggests.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
I asked Bores what he thought of it, and he said the premise was flawed, saying it’s the framing desired by the groups that want to sink his candidacy.
From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026
A lengthy profile of Mr. Altman in the New Yorker magazine last month noted that the “founding premise of OpenAI was that it would have to be different.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Despite cinema’s extensive library of cheerful animal heroes, led by “Babe” and Wilbur of “Charlotte’s Web,” the titular premise of “The Sheep Detectives” apparently strikes many people as bizarre.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
He didn’t believe in brainy Martians, though he recognized the premise of a winning story.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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