1
as in offered
to put before another for acceptance or consideration
proffered his assistance in helping the two sides reach a compromise
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as in suggested
to set before the mind for consideration
proffered a novel solution for getting themselves out of debt
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Recent Examples of proffered
Rawlings shook his head at how long Talarico took with each baby proffered for approval.
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Tad Friend, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
Pushing back against any suggestion of intentional wrongdoing, Joiner proffered that the drug would be competitively counterproductive.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 21 Jan. 2026
How many of these accounts, arguments, or news cycles were a product of empty rage bait, proffered by foreign or just fake actors?
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 24 Nov. 2025
The most viable solution for permanently storing nuclear waste was first proffered back in 1957 by the National Academy of Sciences.
—Bob Woods, CNBC, 9 Nov. 2025
Energy, Robbins proffered, was a — perhaps the — essential trait of all the world’s doers, some of whom would take the same stage that very day or the next.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
Hypotheses have been proffered from the moment that Poe turned up in Ryan’s Tavern on October 3rd, 1849 in that morose city of dark rowhouses, his family’s native Baltimore.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
One of the luminaries del Toro and crew are competing against at Venice 2025, interestingly, is Yorgos Lanthimos, who previously proffered his own riff on Frankenstein with Poor Things.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Sides and condiments—honey, barbecue sauce, Crystal hot sauce—were enthusiastically proffered.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Tad Friend, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
Pushing back against any suggestion of intentional wrongdoing, Joiner proffered that the drug would be competitively counterproductive.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 21 Jan. 2026
How many of these accounts, arguments, or news cycles were a product of empty rage bait, proffered by foreign or just fake actors?
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 24 Nov. 2025
The most viable solution for permanently storing nuclear waste was first proffered back in 1957 by the National Academy of Sciences.
—Bob Woods, CNBC, 9 Nov. 2025
Energy, Robbins proffered, was a — perhaps the — essential trait of all the world’s doers, some of whom would take the same stage that very day or the next.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
Hypotheses have been proffered from the moment that Poe turned up in Ryan’s Tavern on October 3rd, 1849 in that morose city of dark rowhouses, his family’s native Baltimore.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
One of the luminaries del Toro and crew are competing against at Venice 2025, interestingly, is Yorgos Lanthimos, who previously proffered his own riff on Frankenstein with Poor Things.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Sides and condiments—honey, barbecue sauce, Crystal hot sauce—were enthusiastically proffered.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proffered
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Championship Saturday in Denver offered proof that if the person in your corner is also your dad, the payoff can be doubly as good.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
22 Feb. 2026
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Michael Esselman, the CIO of the retirement and wealth business, says advisers like OneDigital, rather than employees, should determine what kind of investments are or aren’t offered to workers.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
21 Feb. 2026
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The presence of anorthosite on the moon suggested that the entire orb was once a magma ocean, or completely molten.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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The expert also suggested starting at the back of the head.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
20 Feb. 2026
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That ruling gave birth to the endangerment finding two years later.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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That’s the nickname a Scoutmaster gave Bolles some two decades ago, a reference to Kirby vacuum cleaners.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
24 Feb. 2026
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Acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez, who came to power after a US military operation removed President Nicolás Maduro, proposed the new amnesty law last month under pressure from Washington.—
Alessandra Freitas,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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Boston community leaders proposed a new plan to tackle the open-air drug market at and around Mass and Cass that focuses on getting addicts off the streets, out of jail and into recovery in order to avoid last summer’s crowding and chaos.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
19 Feb. 2026
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Over the past several years, Maryland’s legislature has taken important steps to confront the growing threat posed by PFAS, also known as forever chemicals, to public health and the environment.—
Peter Blair,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Feb. 2026
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Hailey Bieber posed in nothing but a sculptural firefly by Blumarine for Vogue Australia.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
21 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Proffered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proffered. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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