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proposition

[prop-uh-zish-uhn] / ˌprɒp əˈzɪʃ ən /




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The proposition would also correct the silver-loading hack by paying insurers directly for the cost-sharing subsidy, thus eliminating distorted plan prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

The proposition backed by Kolodin does not specify how mail-in voters should prove their identity, but leaves the Republican-controlled legislature to devise the system at a later date.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

The proposition was spearheaded by Councilmember Traci Park, who represents the region.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

Of course, managing Manchester United is an altogether different proposition.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

A small parcel of money with a proposition.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu

On the ballot are 14 statewide propositions including:

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Every so often, refineries shut down for months to work on “turnarounds” — top-to-bottom refurbishment and replacement cycles due to safety and other regulations — which are expensive propositions.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

"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

The Declaration isn’t a set of propositions in political science issued by an academic committee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

A reader of this intimidating passage can marvel at Butler’s ability to juggle abstract propositions about still more abstract propositions, with no real-world referent in sight.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

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

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

“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


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