as in suggestion
something which is presented for consideration
the city council is accepting proposals for ways to use that land
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The group also plans to buy stock in these companies and submit shareholder proposals.
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Russell Leung, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2025
Roughly 4 million people, or 2.5% of U.S. workers, were tipped in 2023, according to Yale University’s Budget Lab, a nonpartisan policy research center that analyzes federal policy proposals regarding the U.S. economy.
—Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
Some education stakeholders said Lamont also ignored several proposals from the Task Force to Study Special Education Services and Funding, a 14-member group convened by statute in 2021 that delivered its final recommendations last month.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2025
The irascible Helms' proposal was reduced to an agreement that USAID would remain an independent agency, but the administrator would obtain the Secretary of State's approval of its annual budget request.
—Brady Anderson Special To The Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 6 Feb. 2025
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Russell Leung, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2025
Roughly 4 million people, or 2.5% of U.S. workers, were tipped in 2023, according to Yale University’s Budget Lab, a nonpartisan policy research center that analyzes federal policy proposals regarding the U.S. economy.
—Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
Some education stakeholders said Lamont also ignored several proposals from the Task Force to Study Special Education Services and Funding, a 14-member group convened by statute in 2021 that delivered its final recommendations last month.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2025
The irascible Helms' proposal was reduced to an agreement that USAID would remain an independent agency, but the administrator would obtain the Secretary of State's approval of its annual budget request.
—Brady Anderson Special To The Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Proposal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proposal. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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