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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Under the proposed changes, the index would have 50 constituents, up from the current 30 largest Hong Kong-listed tech companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
The Serie A side were interested in Jones in January and proposed a loan with a view to a transfer but that was turned down by Liverpool.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Now, Salk Institute neuroscientists have brought together physiological and computational research on these waves and proposed a broader explanation for what they do.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
The proposed rule does not apply to national forests in Colorado and Idaho because of state-specific roadless regulations.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 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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