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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
Ming Liu, Robb Report, 24 May 2026
California has some of the strongest secure storage and child access prevention laws in the nation and legal consequences escalate if a child carries a weapon off-premises and causes great bodily injury or death, according to gun policy experts.
—Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 24 May 2026
Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 8 May 2026
The choice yields a brighter, richer, more varied and nuanced story in which coming-of-age tropes mingle with Gileadean bleakness to reveal new facets of a state premised on male supremacy.
—Judy Berman, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Many luxury players in recent years have been reducing their retail footprint, closing stores and various points of sale in favor of investing in more extravagant mono-brand premises.
—Ming Liu, Robb Report, 24 May 2026
California has some of the strongest secure storage and child access prevention laws in the nation and legal consequences escalate if a child carries a weapon off-premises and causes great bodily injury or death, according to gun policy experts.
—Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 24 May 2026
Verb
The firm established its initial focus on labor law enforcement and premises liability cases, vehicle accident cases, and medical malpractice cases.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 8 May 2026
The choice yields a brighter, richer, more varied and nuanced story in which coming-of-age tropes mingle with Gileadean bleakness to reveal new facets of a state premised on male supremacy.
—Judy Berman, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for premise
Noun
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Over time, this weakens their ability to challenge assumptions, spot anomalies, or even recognize when something is wrong.—
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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When trust becomes local and familiar, someone needs to be tracking where confidence is falling apart, where geopolitical shifts are creating new exposure, and where old assumptions about what a brand can say or do no longer apply.—
Jonathan Jordan,
Fortune,
27 May 2026
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In state elections this month an alliance led by above-ground communist parties was voted out in the southern state of Kerala, the first time in decades that Marxist political parties are not in power in any of India’s states or territories.—
Dhruv Tikekar,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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The project, which broke ground about a year ago, was funded through a combination of state matching funds and remaining city of Mission Viejo redevelopment funds.—
Heather McRea,
Oc Register,
29 May 2026
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Headline global inventory figures can be misleading as much of the oil stored worldwide cannot be used immediately, said Currie, Carlyle’s chief strategy officer of energy pathways and co-chairman of Abaxx Markets.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
25 May 2026
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Imagine if Claudia got up crying when NeNe said her clit left her body?—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
25 May 2026
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The exact reason why is debated by scientists, but theories include a huge collision in early Martian history, or unstable mantle plumes.—
Tom Brown,
Space.com,
25 May 2026
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Because orbital data centers, in theory, require huge amounts of infrastructure like giant solar arrays, to be launched into space, the V3’s upgraded carrying capacity is essential.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
24 May 2026
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The officer stayed nearby to watch the car and saw multiple people dressed in black clothing and ski masks run from the yard of a nearby home and enter the BMW, Pinecrest police said in a statement.—
Sofia Saric
May 24,
Miami Herald,
24 May 2026
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Minimize clutter and clean up leaf litter in the yard, which provides a safe haven for ant nests.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
24 May 2026
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Stankoven, a few months away from assuming a larger place of prominence in Carolina’s lineup as second-line center, took notes.—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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But public‑private agreements are routinely renegotiated when financial conditions change, and asking the Padres to assume more expenses is an appropriate, good‑faith request.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 May 2026
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In Long Beach, Forest Lawn, a cemetery park built in 1921, held a Memorial Day observance on Monday morning that featured a keynote address, patriotic music, invocation, ceremonial wreath presentation, the Pledge of Allegiance, a color guard, and a presidential proclamation.—
Daily News,
Daily News,
25 May 2026
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The general fund covers the city’s everyday expenses such as personnel, public safety, libraries and the maintenance of streets, parks and buildings.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 May 2026
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Counsel should not presume that the court is familiar with the UPEPA or any other Anti-SLAPP law.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
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Inside the neoliberal paradigm, raising wages was presumed guilty until proven innocent, yet any evidence that proved innocence was dismissed as an outlier.—
Nick Hanauer,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2026
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“Premise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/premise. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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