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as in hypotheses
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 proposals
something which is presented for consideration
a neighbor with a business proposition to tell us about
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Recent Examples of propositions
Pros & Cons Ergonomic mice can be frustrating propositions.
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Sascha Brodsky,
PC Magazine,
21 June 2026
No matter how many times Trump posts about it, passing more voter ID laws and lowering the Senate's voting threshold seem to be dead-on-arrival propositions.
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Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
Tortorella has said himself multiple times that coaching in the regular season and postseason are very different propositions.
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Jesse Granger,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
While a bond to fund city hall construction was not put to a vote, other bond propositions were, and they were summarily shot down.
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Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 June 2026
All propositions for the November ballot will be officially certified on June 25.
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John Ramos,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
At the heart of Le Parc’s immersive, interactive and multi-sensory works was the viewer experience in contrast to art for a passive audience maintained at arm’s length and obliged to accept an artist’s propositions.
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Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
His first incompleteness theorem states that in every formal system of mathematics that is rich enough to express arithmetic, there will be propositions that are both true and unprovable.
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Quanta Magazine,
18 May 2026
At the federal level, three live propositions each flop on different grounds.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
15 May 2026
Sascha Brodsky,
PC Magazine,
21 June 2026
No matter how many times Trump posts about it, passing more voter ID laws and lowering the Senate's voting threshold seem to be dead-on-arrival propositions.
—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
Tortorella has said himself multiple times that coaching in the regular season and postseason are very different propositions.
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Jesse Granger,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
While a bond to fund city hall construction was not put to a vote, other bond propositions were, and they were summarily shot down.
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Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 June 2026
All propositions for the November ballot will be officially certified on June 25.
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John Ramos,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
At the heart of Le Parc’s immersive, interactive and multi-sensory works was the viewer experience in contrast to art for a passive audience maintained at arm’s length and obliged to accept an artist’s propositions.
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Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
His first incompleteness theorem states that in every formal system of mathematics that is rich enough to express arithmetic, there will be propositions that are both true and unprovable.
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Quanta Magazine,
18 May 2026
At the federal level, three live propositions each flop on different grounds.
—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
15 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for propositions
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Mythos can also produce novel research and hypotheses in areas like molecular biology and genomics.
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Researchers still don’t know exactly why sleep problems and high blood pressure seem to go hand in hand, but experts have a few hypotheses.
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Removing or phasing out the tax cap could close between 22% and 67% of the program's funding gap, according to the Social Security Administration's scoring of these proposals.
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Those changing national standards are in real time affecting incoming project proposals across the country, including the many incoming — and yet-to-be planned — centers in the Kansas City metro.
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The narrative conjures meaning from the Los Angeles cityscape by fusing a hodgepodge of textbook theories about the sprawling metropolis onto the gritty reality of daily life.
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Numerous theories have been thrown around to try shedding light on the more recent declines among males.
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As the technology evolves, so will my suggestions and opinions.
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There are plenty of free online tools that can give you job title suggestions or show you what language is actually in use.
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Many use cases that started in the cloud for speed are moving to hybrid environments with a strong on-premises component.
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Ensure your home is securely locked when vacating the premises.
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“Propositions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/propositions. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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