premises
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"Law enforcement officers are on the premises," it reported.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026
But notice this is already different from the science-fiction fears birthed before AI was a real thing, when simple premises permitted so many startling conclusions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
One of the first major restaurants to embrace DoorDash, the company gets about a fifth of its sales off premises.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
Often they were seemingly simple premises that took advantage of legal loopholes — perhaps most famous was when he rebranded a local coffee shop as “Dumb Starbucks.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
One of the tasks he had to oversee, in 1710, was the move away from the cramped quarters at Gresham College to larger premises at Crane Court.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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