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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
Her relatives were considering a plan to take on debt to stay open this winter, a proposition that worried her because, with Grand Canyon Lodge and other park visitor services destroyed, there is no guarantee of what next year’s traffic will look like.
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Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 5 Oct. 2025
That's the proposition they're being presented with.
—ABC News, 5 Oct. 2025
For some, this makes thrifting a stressful proposition, and that stress can lead to bad behavior—and bad manners.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
In fact, immunization is a dicey-enough financial proposition that the administration’s anti-vaccine policies already are discouraging providers from stocking some immunizations.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2025
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Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 5 Oct. 2025
That's the proposition they're being presented with.
—ABC News, 5 Oct. 2025
For some, this makes thrifting a stressful proposition, and that stress can lead to bad behavior—and bad manners.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
In fact, immunization is a dicey-enough financial proposition that the administration’s anti-vaccine policies already are discouraging providers from stocking some immunizations.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for proposition
Noun
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For a discovery to count, the AI has to oversee the entire project, from hypothesis generation to experiment design to data analysis.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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The new hypothesis about them is one of several novel ideas that theorists have been proposing since this spring, when the latest DESI results were published.—
Rebecca Boyle,
Scientific American,
4 Oct. 2025
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Ratcliffe committed £50m of his own money to transform Carrington, but funding, particularly for a proposal of this scale, will be tight.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Congressional Democrats’ budget proposals would preserve the Obamacare tax credits, which were extended to higher-income households in 2021, and undo Medicaid cuts Congress passed over the summer.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Nikumaroro theory suggests that Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, landed on the island’s reef before their plane was swept away.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Although Robson took more than a decade to put his theory to the test, his experiments in the 1980s proved his hunch was correct.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Have a suggestion for a future story?—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
9 Oct. 2025
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The Mifsuds have invited the community to become a part of the menu curation process, by welcoming name suggestions for Six Spoke’s latest brews, like the Vernor Hazeway, a hazy IPA.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Freep.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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Her thesis detailed the first five years of study at the Gombe reserve.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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His thesis is that if the GOP sticks together, Senate Democrats would have to climb down and accept House Republicans’ spending bill to get through the next seven weeks.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
30 Sep. 2025
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To underscore that thematic premise, the premiere is designed by these two sudden accidents that happen to the people who come into the hospital.—
Demetrius Patterson,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Oct. 2025
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Ensure your home is securely locked when vacating the premises.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Proposition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proposition. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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