premised

past tense of premise

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Recent Examples of premised Often, the conspiracy theories around this case—like most conspiracy theories—are premised on rational questions. Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026 The result is a haunting portrait of social collapse whose power is premised on the words and faces of survivors. Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026 Garvey said the journal, which published quarterly from 1993 to 2005, was premised on the idea of abolishing whiteness as a social category that situates white people above other racial groups. Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 30 July 2026 First, it was premised on RCA winning on its tortious interference claim (which RCA could not as related above). Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 My classes are packed with many texts to read – often long, dense things – and my instruction has been premised on the idea that students would do the reading assignments. Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 23 July 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for premised
Verb
  • His statement did not admit any guilt on the part of the franchise — which Silver assumed could be because there are other investigations into the Clippers that don’t involve the NBA.
    Brian Mahoney, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Many assumed something like this was coming and built so the specific shift wouldn’t matter.
    Dimitri Akhrin, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The prevalence of starwashing does not mean that all extraterrestrial endeavors should be scorned, said The Cool Down.
    Devika Rao, TheWeek, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Iliman Ndiaye, another City debutant, showed flashes of promise, while Gianluigi Donnarumma made a couple of big saves when needed (the less said about the moment the Italian nearly let the ball go under his foot and over the goal-line, the better).
    Stuart James, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Cleveland also presumed rightly that Kiffin’s professional wandering eye meant the pairing was destined for a bad ending.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Guglielmo played around a bit with such variables as drag coefficient and presumed altitude.
    Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said Monday in a post on X that the Polish army recovered what was believed to be a Russian military drone from the Baltic Sea near the coastal village of Jaroslawiec.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
  • At issue is territory claimed by both that is believed to contain large, exploitable amounts of natural gas and other hydrocarbons.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Independent analysis has concluded that recent Russian elections — including the 2024 presidential contest, in which officials said Putin secured more than 87 percent of the vote — were fraudulent.
    Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • But a recent working paper analyzing the results of 42 different studies concluded that school meal programs in high-income economies had minimal effects on students’ behavioral, health or educational outcomes.
    Ari Sen, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • On the other side of the ball, Kazuma Okamoto was not supposed to be the best performer in the Jays’ offensive machine.
    Jayson Stark, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The Giants totally dominated the game flow, keeping the ball out of the hands of Dak Prescott and what’s supposed to be a powerful offense, and running 16 more plays than Dallas.
    Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Sep. 2026

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