proposition

Falling in love with music is a radically different proposition to making it your career; and, like many middle-aged rock bands, The Killers feel beholden to their earliest hits.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

An A.I. detector’s value proposition is simple enough.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

“Our strong brand relevance, industry-leading value proposition, streamlined operations, and significant restaurant investments have created a competitive moat that positions Chili’s to deliver sustainable, profitable growth,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Winograde: And because of the price point, it’s a whole different risk-reward proposition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

When he was done he turned to me and said, “I have a proposition for you. It is important.”

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah

"You can decompose a thought into subcomponents, like little atoms of logical propositions, and you can combine them in a hierarchical manner to make more complex structured rules, very akin to language."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

It’s choosing people who only allocate capital to losing propositions.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

"I hope we can reach a compromise, including new propositions," Lange said.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

One of the most intriguing propositions in “Hotwired” is the author’s belief that seeking heat can help bring people together.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026

I told him that was the cheesiest idea I'd ever heard in my life and asked him to stop calling me with his empty little propositions.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

Tennessee propositioned Paramount Skydance, hoping to tempt it to become the next company to leave California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

During the trial against her husband and his half-brother, Carolyn Bryant took the stand and testified that Till had grabbed her hand and propositioned her.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2025

Anyone with a cellphone has been propositioned at least once by this type of arrangement: the recruiter with a great offer to earn extra money, and with very little required of you.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2025

However, just yesterday the concept of caviar as a casual snack was propositioned yet again — and this time by Pringles.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2023

During his on-court interview, the second-seeded Italian was propositioned from someone in the crowd.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 18, 2022

“It was everything from people propositioning me to, ‘You’ve ruined my childhood.’”

From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2021

The company investigated and found that Matthews’s conduct was inappropriate and offensive, though it concluded that he wasn’t propositioning the woman, according to reports from the Daily Caller eventually confirmed by the network.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2020

“There is no one — man, woman, founder, V.C., the most aggressive feminist, no one — who would have thought a male V.C. would get fired for propositioning a woman. It’s just a radical change.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2017

In 1975, Fisher made a brief but memorable film debut propositioning Warren Beatty in the satire Shampoo, before landing her big break on Star Wars, where she sported a hairstyle she described as “hairy earphones”.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 27, 2016

She observes protocol with a pratfall, practices diplomacy by outright propositioning.

From Time Magazine Archive