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 fans like Hawk, duking it out for tickets on the open market against New York’s 1% was simply a no-win proposition.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
But July trades for starting pitchers need not be such a scary proposition.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 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
The pig proposition was full of holes, and Will was able to put his finger in the holes.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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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