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as in hypothesis
an idea that is the starting point for making a case or conducting an investigation
started the discussion with the simple proposition that no one ever does anything out of pure altruism
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as in proposal
something which is presented for consideration
a neighbor with a business proposition to tell us about
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Recent Examples of proposition
Their selling proposition is affordability, and it is being challenged.
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Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
Ballot propositions raising taxes for a specific popular need, but the funds go surprisingly into a general fund to be dissipated for political needs undisclosed to voters.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Read the full text of these measures, and arguments for and against the propositions, on the city clerk's website.
—Paris Barraza, USA Today, 6 May 2026
Arlington voters approved propositions A and B for school replacements, new buses, and technology upgrades, but voters denied proposition C for $31 million to athletic upgrades.
—Lacey Beasley, CBS News, 4 May 2026
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Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
Ballot propositions raising taxes for a specific popular need, but the funds go surprisingly into a general fund to be dissipated for political needs undisclosed to voters.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Read the full text of these measures, and arguments for and against the propositions, on the city clerk's website.
—Paris Barraza, USA Today, 6 May 2026
Arlington voters approved propositions A and B for school replacements, new buses, and technology upgrades, but voters denied proposition C for $31 million to athletic upgrades.
—Lacey Beasley, CBS News, 4 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for proposition
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Though Descalzo cautioned that the possible role of saunas in transmission is still just a hypothesis, the bacterium is known to spread more efficiently in humid settings.—
Helen Branswell,
STAT,
11 May 2026
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The hypothesis was that if the aye-aye relied purely on hollow resonance, then the filling inside the cavities should have disrupted its ability to identify them.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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Under the proposal, the top candidates from each party would advance to the general election in November.—
Dakota Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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Iran responded early in the morning of May 10 to Trump's proposal to stop fighting and begin peace talks on an array of contentious issues, according to reporting from Iran's IRNA news agency.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
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But with the arrival of the next course, bread and butter, I was forced to revise my theory.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
10 May 2026
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The landfill theory made some birding enthusiasts uneasy and prompted some authorities, locals and others to defend Ushuaia, a city of nearly 85,000 that draws tourists to its Antarctic cruise ships and abundant, watchworthy bird population.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
10 May 2026
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Small adjustments made big differences, like increasing pocket sizes to better fit the tennis balls and, with Sabet’s suggestion, extending her coat to the floor.—
Kaio Cesar,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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All of Amadeus’s contemporaneous stylistic and dialogue choices are a blast, but the series’ suggestion that this kind of guy is plaguing our present, too, feels the most timeless, and the most unsettling.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
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The thesis, as Zidni frames it, is that Indonesian cinema’s next phase cannot rely on individual producers’ persistence.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
15 May 2026
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The long-tail currency problem, central to the Asia-and-Latin-America thesis, is solved with a hybrid approach.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Despite the pitch-black premise, co-writer and director Oscar Boyson‘s film has been steadily finding new audiences.—
William Earl,
Variety,
8 May 2026
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That premise is now being tested at a new IIT Kharagpur research Centre funded by Indian-origin mining investor Vikram Sodhi.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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“Proposition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proposition. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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