proposal
noun
pro·pos·al
prə-ˈpō-zəl 
1
: an act of putting forward or stating something for consideration
2
a
: something proposed : suggestion
b
: offer
specifically
: an offer of marriage
Examples of proposal in a Sentence
Everyone thought the proposal made sense.
The committee is reviewing the proposal for the new restaurant.
They put forth a proposal to sell the company.
These problems have led to the proposal of a new law.
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A couple of years after Bakhtin wrote his paper, the term artificial intelligence was coined in a proposal for a conference at Dartmouth College; about a decade after that, in 1966, an MIT professor named Joseph Weizenbaum created the first chatbot, a rudimentary program called ELIZA.
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Vauhini Vara, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2025
The proposal would demolish a 3,290-square-foot house and a one-story, 1,395-square-foot house at 7404 and 7406 Monte Vista Ave.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
Valley Oak Partners filed the development application and steered the proposal through the city review process.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Out of the nine offers, USC, Penn, Brown University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have rejected the proposal.
—Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
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Vauhini Vara, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2025
The proposal would demolish a 3,290-square-foot house and a one-story, 1,395-square-foot house at 7404 and 7406 Monte Vista Ave.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
Valley Oak Partners filed the development application and steered the proposal through the city review process.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Out of the nine offers, USC, Penn, Brown University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have rejected the proposal.
—Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for proposal
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“Proposal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/proposal. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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proposal
noun
pro·pos·al
prə-ˈpō-zəl
1
: a stating or putting forward something for consideration
2
a
: something proposed : suggestion
b
: an offer of marriage
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