premised

past tense of premise

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of premised As with Interview’s two seasons, the new offering is explicitly premised on the narrator’s unreliability. Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026 The choice yields a brighter, richer, more varied and nuanced story in which coming-of-age tropes mingle with Gileadean bleakness to reveal new facets of a state premised on male supremacy. Judy Berman, Time, 8 July 2026 The Toy Story universe is premised on the idea that toys want more than anything to be played with—that a deep bond with a child is what gives a toy’s existence meaning. Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026 The lawsuit, which was filed in a California federal district court by Joshua Davis and other attorneys from Berger Montague and Freedman Normand Friedland, is premised on ideas that have been floating around the House settlement and its implementation for some time. Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 June 2026 Instead, it was premised on a trendy new antitrust philosophy that reflexively views any corporate consolidation as inherently suspicious, regardless of any impacts on prices. Alexander Ciccone, Oc Register, 8 June 2026 The model was premised on the idea that the expertise resided within the confines of the scientific community and the task at hand was to make the specialized knowledge and technical terminology accessible to the general public. Prodromos Yannas, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 May 2026 But democracy is premised on the idea that nobody does. Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026 The fragile 14-day ceasefire with Iran, which began last week, was premised in part on Tehran agreeing to reopen the strait, Vance said. Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for premised
Verb
  • Keynes assumed that once material scarcity eased, human beings would naturally turn towards the art of living.
    Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • All because voters assumed that simply reaching the SEC Championship Game and beating Georgia was an unimaginable accomplishment.
    Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • The 787 Dreamliner is part of a broader fleet modernization program to build a more efficient, sustainable, and competitive airline, PAL said.
    Ian Sayson, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Investigators determined that a group of men had attacked him at his San Jose home and that one of them struck him in the face with the handle of a firearm, police said.
    Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • Many who attended the forum presumed that the liquor license was a formality and that Decurion had no intention of reopening the Dome, and Sony was certainly not on the radar at that time.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 22 July 2026
  • Donath said that presumed innocuousness of the trend also helps people feel accustomed to having their faces and movements filmed.
    T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Verb
  • The remains of a third service member who is believed to be the soldier missing after the Jordan attacks will also be returned, the official said, as well as the remains of a soldier killed in Iraq during a detonation of an Iranian drone.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
  • Emery believed Rashford at his best was one of the most threatening attackers in the world and backed himself and his support network to rejuvenate the player.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • Dick Grayson and Jason Todd, voted to join the crew union IATSE in an election that concluded on Tuesday.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2026
  • The group concluded that consuming up to 400 milligrams of caffeine daily — up to five, 8-ounce cups of coffee — is unlikely to cause harm in most adults.
    Anahad O’Connor, Washington Post, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • By late 2025, China’s real estate crash had erased roughly $18 trillion in household wealth — from the one asset that was never supposed to fall.
    William Pesek, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • The film is also playing a one-week awards qualifying run in theaters in New York and Los Angeles in lieu of the full theatrical release it was originally supposed to get.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 23 July 2026

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“Premised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/premised. Accessed 24 Jul. 2026.

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