proposition
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Arsenal look like a totally different proposition on the attacking front now Bukayo Saka is back in the team.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Graduating college and finding a job is an incredibly stressful proposition these days.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
The proposition looks to increase the city’s hotel and short-term rental bed tax by 2% until the end of the Olympics, and 1% thereafter.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Because school districts typically don’t have to pay for Star Academy out of their own coffers, signing up can be a no-risk proposition.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Good luck—in the face of words so forceful—to the pedant who squawked: “Hey! Swizz! No we aren’t! That’s not the proposition to which the nation’s dedicated—and that’s not what we’re testing!”
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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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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