proffer
verb (used with object)
to put before a person for acceptance; offer.
have proffered
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present perfectof proffer.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Although China has never offered a straightforward explanation for why it stopped sending the aircraft—and why it resumed again—Taiwanese officials and outside analysts in Taipei and Washington have proffered various theories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
“Defendants could shred paper for many legitimate reasons, and Plaintiffs have proffered nothing to suggest more nefarious intentions,” Kacsmaryk wrote in a four page order.
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2024
Others, however, have proffered evidence suggesting she had at least an inkling that the money was running out.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2021
Justice Sonia Sotomayor asks what Badalamenti would have proffered as a defense had his client, Yates, been charged under another provision of the statute that requires that the wanton fish destruction be done “corruptly.”
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2014
Formerly I should have proffered abject excuses, but I am now sufficiently up in British observances to know that the only necessary is a frank and breezy apology.
From Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. by F. Anstey
