premises 1 of 2

plural of premise
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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premises

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verb

present tense third-person singular of premise

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Recent Examples of premises
Noun
Keeping data onsite DiagFit also supports on-premises deployment, giving customers an alternative to sending operational information into cloud infrastructure. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026 The Partner-Centric Cloud Advantage Integrators can leverage multitenant cloud platforms to eliminate on-premises server overhead and centralize multisite administration. — Robert Messer, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026 After becoming the sole proprietor of the historic studio premises, Taidelli then began a comprehensive refurbishment project in 2024, marking the couple’s first collaboration together. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2026 Russian forces also repeatedly struck a shopping center in the southern Mykolaiv region with drones overnight, damaging retail premises and sparking fires, Ukraine’s state emergency services said. — Kyla Guilfoil, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2026 As the quartet’s planning proceeds, complete with a Lego model of the bank premises, Hamza’s wrangling for a larger share of the haul is relentless. — Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2026 Sustained gunfire began past midnight at the premises of the Diori Hamani International Airport, which hosts a major military base, according to an AP witness who requested anonymity for safety reasons. — ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026 The premises is also set to exhibit thousands of objects sourced from the Powerhouse Collection, a massive national archive of artifacts. — News Desk, Artforum, 28 Aug. 2026 The 68-year-old governor Friday touted the state’s rollback of a regulation that required restaurants or bars to obtain special permission to allow any form of dancing on their premises. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
Blank Forms has announced plans to shift base from its current Clinton Hill, Brooklyn premises to an 8,000-square-foot open plan loft on the sixth floor of 151 Lafayette Street in SoHo. — News Desk, Artforum, 21 Aug. 2026 Florida premises liability often turns on whether the business had notice of a dangerous condition. — Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026 Kyson Cook, an AT&T premises technician, walks through an AT&T facility in Kettering, Ohio. — Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 19 May 2026 The firm established its initial focus on labor law enforcement and premises liability cases, vehicle accident cases, and medical malpractice cases. — Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 8 May 2026 The complaint alleged negligence and premises liability on the part of the school district, and the family is seeking damages. — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026 The mother is suing the district for negligence and premises liability and is seeking damages for medical bills, emotional distress and other relief. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026 Silva is suing for gross negligence and premises liability, alleging Valero failed to take reasonable steps to protect workers and prevent the fire. — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Feb. 2026 Alexandrea Springfield is seeking amounts in excess of $25,000 for negligence and premises liability, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in Jackson County. — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 16 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for premises
Noun
  • Toney finished the game with 12 catches for 114 yards and a touchdown.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Fecht later added a 13-yard TD toss to Brendon Salach before sitting out the second half.
    — Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • That answer assumes the problem sits somewhere downstream of the room.
    — Shawn Cole, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The bank assumes every 1 million barrels per day of supply lost adds about $4 to the futures price, Kaneva said.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Dining, shopping, and a park are all within walking distance.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Crow-Armstrong’s 27 homers at Wrigley trail only Schwarber (28) for the most hit in a player’s home park this season.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Goriely says other explanations, such as that this architectural style improved drainage or simply that the ancient Greeks liked it, hold more weight than any illusion.
    — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Nothing says horror movie like glow-in-the-dark blood stains in your hotel room.
    — Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Just be aware that the ship covers a lot of ground on some of these routes.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Blanch estimates at least 350 million barrels have disappeared from the global above-ground oil inventories since levels peaked in March.
    — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • But this presumes a kind of psychological transparency that simply doesn’t hold up.
    — Brian O'Neill, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The group presumes the deal would need approval from Chicago’s City Council as well.
    — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Anyone who believes they were victimized by Lynch or has information relevant to the investigation is asked to contact Prince George’s County detectives.
    — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Episode 4 begins with Stuart confined to a mental health facility, where he’s heavily medicated and quietly judged by a psychiatrist who believes his visions of alternate universes are all in his head.
    — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • 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

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“Premises.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/premises. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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