Sentence examples for was premised from inspiring English sources
verb
To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.
Obama believed this in his bones; his 2008 campaign was premised on it.
Its bailout of the automaker was premised not on making money, but on preserving jobs.
Much of the aid effort was premised on the assumption that development would foster stability.
Heargued that the United States was "premised on being able to make a profit".
The project was premised on a common interest between the bank and the think tank.
The plan was premised on the assumption that it would not be financially self-sustaining.
The entire congressional hearing on Planned Parenthood and its funding was premised on a series of mischaracterizations.
It was also the rhetoric that accompanied Reconstruction, which was premised on full citizenship for the former slaves.
That idea is an artifact of the old Billboard charting system, which was premised on just such an assumption.
His campaign was premised on an enormous surge of white voters, which does not seem to have materialized.
In 2004, General Clark's campaign was premised on his military credentials and his critique of President George W. Bush and the Iraq war.
