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1
as in assumption
something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning
your conclusion is all wrong because you started out with a false premise
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2
as in ground
premises plural
the area around and belonging to a building
detectives painstakingly searched the premises for clues to the disappearance
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as in to say
to take as true or as a fact without actual proof
let us premise certain things, such as every person's need for love, before beginning our line of reasoning
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Recent Examples of premise
Jessica Klein, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
Since September 23, Israeli strikes have killed eight people inside the premises of four hospitals, and eight facilities have been forced to close, according to the health ministry.
—Allegra Goodwin and Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
Marwan Muasher, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2024
Ironically, the old clichéd line holds true for the one subset of reality TV premised around people who are already friends.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2024
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Going off that premise, creators of Rion’s Plated Intense Serum purchase platelets from a blood bank to harness the type of exosome—an inter-cellular messenger—responsible for signaling cell renewal.
—Jessica Klein, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
Since September 23, Israeli strikes have killed eight people inside the premises of four hospitals, and eight facilities have been forced to close, according to the health ministry.
—Allegra Goodwin and Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
Verb
Such leaders would be hard-pressed to turn down a plan premised on promoting exactly that, provided it is shorn of thorny institutional issues.
—Marwan Muasher, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2024
Ironically, the old clichéd line holds true for the one subset of reality TV premised around people who are already friends.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2024
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Interest expense for the quarter was $0, down from $8.1 million in the previous year, due to the assumption of outstanding debt by the Acquirer in connection with the Merger.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Many assumptions about the negative impacts of low fertility on the economy are likewise either overstated or unsupported by evidence.Vegard Skirbekk, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2024
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While Republicans have a supermajority in the General Assembly, Democrats were hoping to gain some ground and flip some seats from red to blue.Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 6 Nov. 2024
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In 2020, misinformation experts warned that the window between the polls closing and knowing the outcome of the election could provide fertile ground for false narratives to spread and sow doubt about the legitimacy of the election process.Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
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In August, the FBI reviewed credit card statements associated with Williams that showed payment at a parking near a Washington metro station, about a 10-minute ride from the Capitol area, that was made on Jan. 6, 2021, the statements of facts says.Phil Helsel, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
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The National Retail Federation says that import surcharges could soar to 50% for everything from jeans to couches.Melvin Backman, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
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There’s no if’s, and’s or but’s about it: the Rangers can’t waste this opportunity against a tanking opponent.Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2023
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There’s no questions or ifs or buts, that is the end of it.Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
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Purdy passed for 353 yards and two touchdowns with no turnovers.Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Lamar Jackson is 10 of 14 for 71 yards and a score.NBC News, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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By investing in infrastructure and assuming the associated risks, these services allow stakeholders to operate without altering their business processes.Oleg Chanchikov, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Collectors who spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on Wiley’s paintings in the past are sitting on investments whose value might not be what it once was assumed to be.Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
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The measure’s main opponents, the state Republican Party and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, did not appear to raise any money to campaign against the proposition.Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
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This is the proposition made by Steve Brierley, founder and CEO of Riverlane, an organization that specialises in this exact practice.Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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On Earth Day in 2022, President Joe Biden stood among cherry blossoms and towering Douglas firs in a Seattle park to declare the importance of big, old trees.April Ehrlich, ProPublica, 12 Nov. 2024
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One of our colleagues who lives north of the park says that, this morning, the cars parked on her block were covered in a fine layer of sooty ash.Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 9 Nov. 2024
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“Premise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/premise. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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