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proposal

[pruh-poh-zuhl] / prəˈpoʊ zəl /


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Duwai approached village elders with a proposal to protect part of their fishing grounds, originally a 30-by-40-metre area within the reef.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

Earlier this year, the SEC approved Nasdaq’s proposal to allow the trading of some stocks and exchange-traded products in tokenized forms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The owners’ initial proposal set a salary cap of $245 million next year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Tanden can reflexively rattle off the particularities of housing protocols I couldn’t begin to decode; she titters with satisfaction upon recounting the intricacies of a long-discarded Australian cap-and-trade proposal.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

It was, he suggested, the kind of proposal better made in the final message to Congress in the fall.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Congress is considering a handful of bipartisan proposals that would help solve those problems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

On Friday, Kabila accused President Félix Tshisekedi's government of disregarding proposals he had put forward last year, including some aimed at ending the conflict in eastern DR Congo.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

One theme that permeates all AI-generated regulatory proposals is that AI is unique, requiring a new regulatory scheme.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

"Students aren't being heard enough... not their proposals to authorities and elected officials," a 19-year-old graphic design student in Paris, Leo, said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

Since her father did not have enough money to raise a suitable dowry, no proposals came Ammu’s way.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy


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