proposition
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Daniel Bunn, CEO of the Tax Foundation, a low-tax think tank, has a good article in the Orange County Register about the specific flaws in the proposition as it has been written.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
For hundreds of thousands of Indians, merchant shipping jobs are a lucrative proposition despite the inherent risks.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
During tours of their facility, Lockheed would tell the high-schoolers that they could make around $36,000 plus benefits—an attractive proposition given that local schoolteachers were making about that much.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
However, Ryan Hass, an expert on China and Taiwan at the Washington-based Brookings Institution, threw cold water on the proposition.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
A mathematical proposition is either demonstrably true, or it is not.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
Vocabulary lists containing proposition
Power Prefix: pro
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Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" (1863)
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