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verb

past tense of propose

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Recent Examples of proposed
Verb
For instance, Microsoft proposed the Copilot governance framework. Gerui Wang, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 Her hull shape and fully electric propulsion system with inline contra rotating propellers is an evolution from the Breathe concept first proposed in 2010. Bill Springer, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 In July, Newsom proposed new legislation delay implementation until 2028. Jon McGowan, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 Shelley said that the significance of the change proposed by Proposition 5 shouldn’t be understated. Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024 Initially proposed in April 2021, the CSRD increases existing reporting requirements for businesses operating in the EU. Jon McGowan, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 It was proposed in 2021 in Biden’s Build Back Better bill, which Congress failed to pass. Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024 It’s proposed by Warren Buffett’s NV Energy. Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proposed
Adjective
  • Chigvintsev subsequently canceled the request for assistance, but sheriff’s deputies turned up anyway and took him into custody, based on deputies seeing a visible injury on the alleged victim, a sheriff’s spokesperson said.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The aim of the investigation was to discover how the alleged tax fraud had been implemented internally.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Byron Allen suggested during an interview with Variety last year.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Earlier estimates had suggested that the 2025 tax limit could rise to $174,900.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • As the story goes, Elvis Presley and his new bride Priscilla had originally planned on getting married in what was known then as the House of Tomorrow in the spring of 1967.
    Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The family of six planned to embark on a one-year global journey to help fill their children’s memories with breathtaking destinations and once-in-a-lifetime encounters.
    Addie Morfoot, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Given the laptop-class CPU and GPU, only the RAM and storage are intended to be readily user-accessible—the chips are locked down and facing toward the cooling system that occupies the other half of the case.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Her kids are also receiving a more significant portion of the estate than was intended.
    R. Eric Thomas, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Consider this hypothetical; a customer signs a contract to buy the Evolv Express and subscribe to its software.
    Jesse Silvertown, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • From these observations, researchers calculated the position of a hypothetical planet, then pointed their best telescopes there.
    Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Indeed, neither Phillips nor Phoenix was sure about making a sequel, and for a time contemplated putting on a Broadway show instead, before ultimately committing to the movie.
    Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
  • In practice, the Bureau of Land Management only approved Gemini after the bureau’s local staff contemplated rejecting the project.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • The real Qiao Yan lives on the fringes of poverty in Myanmar and the assumed Qiao Yan becomes a famed actress in China.
    Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Plus, the icing on the baby cake is the middle name of Blues, which is the opposite of the assumed Plum since plum purple was Justin’s signature color as a teen.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2024
Adjective
  • An official interpreter leans down to listen to Uni’s supposed prediction, and delivers the prediction in Pennsylvania Dutch.
    Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 7 Nov. 2024
  • In fact, in this place of supposed healing, Wojnicz begins to notice a certain strange dissipation, as if no one were actually getting better at all.
    Robert Rubsam, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2024

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“Proposed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proposed. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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