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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
The proposition has been met with backlash online, as some believe the name insinuates a connection to the president or downplays the importance of the man who donated the land, whom it is named after.
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026
Using Susac as a bat off the bench would be an easier proposition if the Giants recall Jesus Rodriguez, who’s capable of playing second base and left field in addition to catching.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
Together, these forces — dissatisfied customers, lower barriers to entry, and shifting value propositions — are likely to intensify competitive pressure across the software industry.
—Michael Jacobides, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026
The harder, and more necessary, task is building the kind of economic resilience that makes coercion a losing proposition in the first place.
—Eyck Freymann, Time, 17 Apr. 2026
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026
Using Susac as a bat off the bench would be an easier proposition if the Giants recall Jesus Rodriguez, who’s capable of playing second base and left field in addition to catching.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
Together, these forces — dissatisfied customers, lower barriers to entry, and shifting value propositions — are likely to intensify competitive pressure across the software industry.
—Michael Jacobides, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026
The harder, and more necessary, task is building the kind of economic resilience that makes coercion a losing proposition in the first place.
—Eyck Freymann, Time, 17 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for proposition
Noun
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To test their hypothesis, researchers transplanted a second heart into mice.—
O. Rose Broderick,
STAT,
24 Apr. 2026
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Our goal was to better test the hypothesis of an inborn gender difference in attention to, or interest in, other people.—
Lise Eliot,
The Conversation,
20 Apr. 2026
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Iran has given the US a new proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the war that includes postponing nuclear negotiations, Axios reported, citing a US official and two people with knowledge of the matter.—
Jon Herskovitz,
Bloomberg,
27 Apr. 2026
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Nothing can be finalized until at least 23 of the league’s 30 owners vote at next month’s Board of Governors meeting, and tweaks to the various proposals are still expected to be made along the way.—
Sam Amick,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Stirs some theories, too, about said coach’s real feelings about the pick.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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In a new book, Geoff Kelly traces how the artworks moved through criminal networks, where violence took the lives of key suspects and witnesses, and challenges long-circulating theories by revisiting key details.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2026
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For years the owner, now 66, has watched tape, done his own player evaluations and sent observations and suggestions to DeCosta, mostly about players who might be available in later rounds — without exerting any actual decision-making power.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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The report actually describes something that sounds like Google’s Magic Cue, which relies on Gemini to offer suggestions based on your activity.—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2026
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But the most rewarding aspect of Apex, which was directed by Baltasar Kormákur and written by Jeremy Robbins, is the degree to which Ben’s thesis holds true for Sasha as well.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2026
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Limon had been hard at work on his thesis for the past two years, studying how to use generative AI to monitor shrinking wetland in South Florida, his brother said.—
Isabel Rosales,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
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Driven by blunt ideology rather than the reality of balancing harms, Font and Putnam-Hornstein advance a flawed and damaging premise that child safety requires normalizing and regularizing family separation.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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White House Correspondents Association Chair Weijia Jiang originally said the group would resume the program, but later took the stage to explain that law enforcement has requested attendees leave the premises.—
Shelly Banjo,
semafor.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Proposition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proposition. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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