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also premiss
1
as in assumption
something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning
your conclusion is all wrong because you started out with a false premise
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2
as in ground
premises plural
the area around and belonging to a building
detectives painstakingly searched the premises for clues to the disappearance
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as in to say
to take as true or as a fact without actual proof
let us premise certain things, such as every person's need for love, before beginning our line of reasoning
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Recent Examples of premise
Sara Vallone
march 5, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
For kids, the premise of exploring a candy factory is as dreamy as ever.
—Karen Cicero, Parents, 5 Mar. 2026
Ben Bayer, Oc Register, 16 Feb. 2026
The southern United States under the Jim Crow system of segregation, for example, was governed by a form of racial fascism premised not on a single powerful leader, but on decentralized groups of vigilantes and terrorists.
—Literary Hub, 30 Jan. 2026
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Noun
The film featured a simple premise — friendship, heartbreak, and self-discovery during a road trip across the country.
—Sara Vallone
march 5, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
For kids, the premise of exploring a candy factory is as dreamy as ever.
—Karen Cicero, Parents, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
The Founders gave us not a democracy, but a constitutional republic, a system premised on limiting government’s function solely to protecting the individual’s rights.
—Ben Bayer, Oc Register, 16 Feb. 2026
The southern United States under the Jim Crow system of segregation, for example, was governed by a form of racial fascism premised not on a single powerful leader, but on decentralized groups of vigilantes and terrorists.
—Literary Hub, 30 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for premise
Noun
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Leaders of the Upper Basin states also are raising objections, saying the Interior Department’s current options rely on flawed assumptions, fail to impose large enough cuts on the Lower Basin and go beyond the federal government’s authority.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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This assumption breaks down in a world that shifts in real time.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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State and local officials broke ground on a new mental health campus in Norwalk with over 150 beds at the Metropolitan State Hospital.—
Andrew Khouri,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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The second method is installing below-ground bait systems every 10 to 20 feet around a building; the stations are monitored regularly for activity.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
6 Mar. 2026
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China’s biggest chain of eye hospitals is working with an adviser on the share sale, the people said, asking not to be identified because the information is private.—
Julia Fioretti,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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Jeffrey Singer, a doctor and senior fellow at the libertarian Cato Institute, said decentralization can be beneficial.—
Angela Hart,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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At universities, the study of ancient Chinese texts has historically been scattered across disciplines; now, under government direction, universities are trying to gather that scholarship in new classics departments where, one theory goes, ancient truths can be nurtured and passed down.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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His panels included doctors, physicists, engineers and others and their reports in 2020 and 2022, proposed a theory of the incidents.—
Will Croxton,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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Ingold caught 47 passes for 372 yards and rushed for 34 yards in 20 carries in four seasons with the Dolphins.—
Senior Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Higher-than-usual temperatures, meanwhile, prompted organizers to announce runners need to only complete 18 miles of the 26-mile, 385-yard-course from Dodger Stadium to Century City to receive a finisher’s medal.—
Michelle Edgar,
Daily News,
8 Mar. 2026
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Minear replies coyly when asked a question that assumes Dixie and Buck went home together.—
Patrick Gomez,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Mar. 2026
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The scientific community long assumed that to understand how lightning works, one needed a massive storm cloud.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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The development will add a town center, schools and apartments along with more parks and trails.—
Neal Franklin,
Dallas Morning News,
9 Mar. 2026
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Waikiki’s golf, parks, beaches, and dining are nearby.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Rather quickly, the bears came out and presumed that Blue Owl cherry-picked the best loans and sold most of them to the three arms-length investors and the rest to the captive insurance company.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
1 Mar. 2026
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Researchers presumed that certain genes were more active in this part of the heart, and that this activity explained the formation of the muscular network of trabeculae.—
Clare Watson,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Premise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/premise. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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