as in suggestions
something which is presented for consideration
the city council is accepting proposals for ways to use that land
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Recent Examples of proposals
Easley, Nunn and Cline have also been the sole board members to vote against several other proposals, including the approval of this year’s budget.
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Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Other proposals include lowering the age of juveniles who can be prosecuted as adults from 16 to 14 and allowing the president to appoint the city’s attorney general.
—Connor Greene, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Most of the proposals add walking trails and new cycling connections.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
Generative AI creates content—emails, proposals, product descriptions, even code.
—Louis Mosca, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Moonshot proposals to save the planet’s ice sheets, including giant underwater sea curtains and refreezing Arctic ice, are gaining popularity as the planet heats up.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Several of the current federal proposals for managing fire risk focus on increasing timber harvesting on federal lands as a solution.
—Tony Cheng, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2025
On June 30, three months into the standoff, the Missouri Senate Insurance and Banking Committee called the two sides in for a hearing that broke months of deadlock and prompted new proposals from Anthem.
—Bram Sable-Smith, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
The Restore Trust in Congress Act combines several different proposals into one vehicle that supporters say will focus the debate and lead to passage.
—Emily Wilkins, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Other proposals include lowering the age of juveniles who can be prosecuted as adults from 16 to 14 and allowing the president to appoint the city’s attorney general.
—Connor Greene, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Most of the proposals add walking trails and new cycling connections.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
Generative AI creates content—emails, proposals, product descriptions, even code.
—Louis Mosca, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Moonshot proposals to save the planet’s ice sheets, including giant underwater sea curtains and refreezing Arctic ice, are gaining popularity as the planet heats up.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Several of the current federal proposals for managing fire risk focus on increasing timber harvesting on federal lands as a solution.
—Tony Cheng, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2025
On June 30, three months into the standoff, the Missouri Senate Insurance and Banking Committee called the two sides in for a hearing that broke months of deadlock and prompted new proposals from Anthem.
—Bram Sable-Smith, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
The Restore Trust in Congress Act combines several different proposals into one vehicle that supporters say will focus the debate and lead to passage.
—Emily Wilkins, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proposals
Noun
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Swift’s involvement in the legal battle relates, in part, to suggestions from Lively that Baldoni altered a rooftop scene at the beginning of the film.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Sep. 2025
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Have suggestions for future picks?—
Melody Wilding,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Other organizations including the Gates Foundation had offered to buy or receive donations of the contraceptives from the federal government, which declined the offers.—
Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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Brown, who has offers from Texas State, Utah State, Wake Forest, Western Kentucky, Arizona State and Sacramento State, talked about the big play.—
Cody Thorn,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Proposals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proposals. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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