proposition
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The Cardinals’ coaching staff is a wait-and-see proposition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
It is a far more modern and accessible proposition than the old Jarama circuit, around 30 kilometres north of the city, which hosted the Spanish Grand Prix between 1968 and 1981.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
Their experience supports the proposition that renewables can expand without a binding quota.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Owning an oil refinery is a profitable proposition in the U.S. right now.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
A mathematical proposition is either demonstrably true, or it is not.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
"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
“Big attractions are very expensive propositions for parks to put in, and parks like Fiesta Village can’t keep up with that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
The Declaration isn’t a set of propositions in political science issued by an academic committee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
It’s choosing people who only allocate capital to losing propositions.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
He wondered if he would be reading propositions by Robert Barclay if he were sitting at a desk in the Phippsburg schoolhouse.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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
But when Bobbie takes advantage of Jamie’s jitters to suggest that he marry her instead of Paul, she doesn’t seem needy or wolfish, as Bobby did when propositioning Amy; she seems foolish and disrespectful.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 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
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
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Power Prefix: pro
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