propose
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The researchers propose that after the star expelled this chemically enriched material, some of it gathered together and eventually formed a gas giant planet.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026
A draft of the study didn’t propose only one solution but advocated for 23 different strategies, including bluff stabilization, catchment walls, sand placement, engineered revetments or seawalls and rail-foundation improvements.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
He will also call for a global pause on superintelligent AI and propose a new International AI Safety Agency.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Similar patterns appear on Sputnik Planitia, leading researchers to propose that subsurface liquid, specifically nitrogen, may be rising upward and wetting Pluto's frozen nitrogen surface.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
“Because it sounded like you were about to propose some sort of alliance between the five of us.”
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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DeMaio questioned whether Weber understood what Proposition 39 proposes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
She's been heading a commission into adult social care since April last year and Burnham said her findings would influence what he proposes.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
The team proposes that a sheet of magma forced its way through layers of marine sediment at the Zaonega Formation, which at the time lay beneath a prehistoric ocean.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
If the auditor is not happy with what a company proposes, the commission can ask for "corrective measures".
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
“A toast to Herr Thiessen,” Victor proposes, loud enough for the entire table to hear, and he raises his glass.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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Legislators have proposed instead using a different index, the CPI-E, which focuses on costs faced by the elderly including healthcare, housing, utilities, groceries and insurance.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
The “public” would mean ordinary people like colonial patrons of taverns who gathered round to read the proposed Constitution in newspapers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Givan has now proposed amendments which would give him the power to delay implementation.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Michael Che returned to the execution controversy, joking that the Pentagon’s proposed livestream would mark the first public execution in the United States since “a couple of weeks ago,” drawing groans from the audience.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
Papin was well aware of this: he proposed to the Royal Society a ship of eighty tons, perhaps 100 feet long, costing ‘but four hundred pounds’ to build.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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The Home Office's four "high ambition responses" to the issues included proposing a "serious and sustained effort" to reduce the risk in the online environment.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
But no one is proposing to pave the Arctic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
Russian authorities denied Tuesday that they were imposing anti-plague measures after a laboratory technician reportedly died of the disease, and reacted to Washington's offer of assistance by proposing to help battle US infectious diseases.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Department spokesperson Amy MacPherson said officials are also proposing new regulations that would increase fines for violations that affect people’s health.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Fear of hope, because the instant she understood what he was proposing, Sarai wanted so badly for it to work, and when did she ever get what she wanted?
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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