as in yard
the area around and belonging to a building
detectives painstakingly searched the premises for clues to the disappearance
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as in assumes
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 premises
Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025
Police K-9s swept the premises repeatedly throughout the morning, and the court closed one of its two entrances to divert all traffic through a single door.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Until the original premises of transatlantic policy are reconsidered, the relationship will continue to suffer from the same fundamental problems.
—Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
After about 10 or 20 minutes, they were directed to leave the premises given the ongoing labor dispute, several nurses told CNN on Tuesday.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Ensure your home is securely locked when vacating the premises.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Redshift customers demanded more of the product, which was still limited by its legacy architecture designed for on-premises environments.
—Chris Degnan, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
Speaker Alondra Alvarez rejected claims that the city could not bar federal agents from its premises, citing Fourth Amendment protections but noting that a valid warrant would still grant them entry.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
Soon his wife Min-yeong (Jang Sun) is barging onto the premises, demanding to know if anyone has a clue as to his whereabouts in what rapidly becomes a missing-person case.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
Chad De Guzman, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
The washing machine comes with a SmartBoost feature that premises water and detergent before the cycle begins, helping to maximize the power of the detergent.
—Christopher Murray
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
Ensure your home is securely locked when vacating the premises.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025
Police K-9s swept the premises repeatedly throughout the morning, and the court closed one of its two entrances to divert all traffic through a single door.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Until the original premises of transatlantic policy are reconsidered, the relationship will continue to suffer from the same fundamental problems.
—Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
After about 10 or 20 minutes, they were directed to leave the premises given the ongoing labor dispute, several nurses told CNN on Tuesday.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Ensure your home is securely locked when vacating the premises.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Redshift customers demanded more of the product, which was still limited by its legacy architecture designed for on-premises environments.
—Chris Degnan, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
Speaker Alondra Alvarez rejected claims that the city could not bar federal agents from its premises, citing Fourth Amendment protections but noting that a valid warrant would still grant them entry.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
Soon his wife Min-yeong (Jang Sun) is barging onto the premises, demanding to know if anyone has a clue as to his whereabouts in what rapidly becomes a missing-person case.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
The Nepali Army had also been called in to back up security forces after protesters entered restricted zones and the Parliament premises.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
The washing machine comes with a SmartBoost feature that premises water and detergent before the cycle begins, helping to maximize the power of the detergent.
—Christopher Murray
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for premises
Noun
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McConkey is an even easier case to make, now doing well himself in the NFL, and responsible for 119 catches, 1,687 receiving yards and 18 total touchdowns over those three years.—
Seth Emerson,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Devin Lloyd easily stepped in front of a Mahomes pass and returned it 99 yards for a touchdown in what was a tie game.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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This is the scenario Dalio warns of, namely if interest costs exceed growth rates, growth can no longer carry the debt burden in the way that Trump assumes, because growth is vulnerable to shifts in rates, inflation, or the economic cycle.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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Their paper challenges the standard Lambda Cold Dark Matter (ΛCDM) model, which assumes that the effects of dark energy remain constant.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Definitive answers are slippery ground for men in his position.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Under the hopper of a massive grain bin, roughly 50,000 pounds of ground corn slide down a chute and into the truck’s open back.—
Miranda Dunlap,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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History says that negotiating process ahead isn't likely to be easy.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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However, this year, the full moon will be in early October, EarthSky says.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The phone number for the park is 219-926-1952.—
Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
2 Oct. 2025
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By the time Italy co-hosts the men’s European Championship with Turkey in 2032, a new 71,500-capacity stadium should stand on the car park adjacent to the current Meazza, on its west side, next to the Capitani public park.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Despite the political specificity of the family history unearthed here, the script presumes a level of profundity that’s just not there in the movie’s ponderous silences and woozy montages.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Sep. 2025
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This premium valuation presumes that the company can maintain double-digit growth and margin expansion in the long term.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The reality is that most companies don’t make such decisions based on what an employee believes, but on how their behavior reflects on the organization and impacts others.—
Johnny C. Taylor Jr,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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General manager Bill Guerin believes Boldy is capable of scoring 50 goals and 50 assists in a season at some point.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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One of the theories postulates that the ribbon represents a group of particles that somehow leaked from the heliosphere and bounced around interstellar space before returning to the Solar System.—
Kyle Orland,
ArsTechnica,
24 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Premises.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/premises. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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