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propositions

  • plural
    of proposition.
    proposition
    noun
    the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done.
  • present tense form
    of proposition (3rd person singular).
    proposition
    noun
    the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done.

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"You can decompose a thought into subcomponents, like little atoms of logical propositions, and you can combine them in a hierarchical manner to make more complex structured rules, very akin to language."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

This demonstrates the value of America’s lead, but it isn’t clear government has a better solution to the safety risks even as it threatens to turn the labs’ billion-dollar superintelligence bets into lose-lose propositions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

It’s choosing people who only allocate capital to losing propositions.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

"I hope we can reach a compromise, including new propositions," Lange said.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

After 1653 this dispute turned on the question of whether the five Jansenist propositions condemned by the pope as heretical were or were not to be found in Jansen’s Augustinus.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton