proposed
Americanadjective
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offered or suggested for consideration, acceptance, or action.
Any proposed change to this charter must be noted on the agenda that is sent out for the next scheduled meeting.
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(of a toast) offered.
At the convention reception, the jokingly proposed toast was, "To pure mathematics, and may it never be of any use to anyone!"
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presented or nominated for some position, membership, task, etc..
The letter should describe the purpose of the committee and list all proposed members along with their faculty ranks.
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The solution, she proposed, was El-Sayed planting his feet on the ground in those areas and speaking out against the bad practices of Arab business owners in Black communities.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has proposed talks with the main frontier labs to "pace" the technology's growth, arguing the AI Act puts Europe "in the position to shape global efforts" at regulation.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Even if your brother-in-law’s motives are entirely honorable, the proposed arrangement leaves the parents in a remarkably vulnerable financial position.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
He has proposed cutting at least 10 ministries and imposing a new cap on government spending to fix Brazil’s deteriorating public finances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
In 1924, Hermann Werner Siemens, the German eugenicist and Nazi sympathizer, proposed a twin study that advanced Galton’s proposal by meticulously separating identical twins from fraternal twins.*
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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