basic proposition
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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"The basic proposition that you should look for work is right," he told the BBC last year.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2025
On Wednesday, several justices seemed stuck on this very basic proposition.
From Slate • Nov. 1, 2023
This basic proposition of public finance explains why separatist civil wars so rarely succeed against modern states, at least not without the support of outside powers.
From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2022
In some sense, this is Musk’s basic proposition: ambitious goals, borne out by intense deadlines and flat-out suffering.
From The Verge • Sep. 7, 2018
The basic proposition of this book hence is that we can extend the current �neoclassical synthesis� by including endogenous government in the model, so that we arrive at a truly general Political Economy.
From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas
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