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Recent Examples of propound In his book, In Search of a Better World: A Human Rights Odyssey, Akhavan describes the establishment of the ICC as the consummation of the idea of justice propounded at Nuremberg. Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024 Trump has wagered that nonwhite voters, even those in Democratic districts, will come to see how closely their values align with those propounded by the G.O.P.: traditional family roles, religion, fiscal discipline, meritocracy. E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024 Yet that continued support for armed struggle explains why Hamas has been empowered to reject generous peace initiatives propounded by the Israelis. Washington Post, 19 June 2024 Trump and many of his political allies propound a highly nationalistic and xenophobic vision of the United States’ role in the world. Jordan Tama, Foreign Affairs, 6 July 2023 See All Example Sentences for propound
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Verb
  • Portofino held a special place in Taylor's heart—Burton first proposed to her there.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The class-action suit proposes including participants from season 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the series.
    Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Salmon said his counselor suggested his attraction to men was his father’s fault because his job kept him away from home a lot, causing Salmon to identify more with his mother.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
  • That game, a 6-0 win over Peru, was later the subject of an extensive investigation published by the Sunday Times that suggested the game had been fixed.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The Netflix series is based on the Danish format Det Sidste Ord (The Last Word), which offers final interviews where major cultural icons, whether from the world of the arts, sports, politics or elsewhere, can look back on their lives with only someone posing questions in front of them.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Propound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/propound. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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