proffered

past tense of proffer

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of proffered 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 Part of that reduction could have come from a decrease in shelter capacity at Camillus House last October, Book proffered. Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 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
Verb
  • Facebook offered some $114 billion for the photo-sharing app, divided between its two co-founders, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, as well as investors and less than a dozen employees.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Last earnings season, many management teams offered more conservative guidance in anticipation of a bigger pullback in consumer spending.
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Deshpande suggested that while streaming algorithms like Netflix’s are good at identifying what is within a subscriber’s tastes, the algorithm may limit what that user is exposed to, to the detriment of studios trying to produce films.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
  • This closeness causes gravitational instability that existing planetary formation models have suggested should result in an environment unsuitable for planet formation.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Ellen gave birth to Cooper Ellis Kershaw and Chance James Kershaw in 2020 and 2021, respectively.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • For decades, American politicians and investors have snickered at the nations that gave birth to Western democracy — Italy and Greece — as examples of fiscal excess.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • More than 45 states have passed or proposed laws to make deepfakes without consent a crime.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Fountain Hills to weigh proposed Charlie Kirk statue Are there concerns about how Kirk's death is affecting faith communities?
    Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Blue Ivy skipped the red carpet where Knowles, 71, posed for photos, along with Destiny’s Child member Michelle Williams.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Before his request for release was denied, federal prosecutors argued the teen posed a public safety and flight risk, according to the Boston Globe, which spoke with the boy’s attorney.
    Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025

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“Proffered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proffered. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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