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- verb Present participle of
proffer .
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Examples
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Namely, that was whether Robinson was unfairly prejudiced in proffering a defense because of the delay in prosecuting his case.
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Lastly, I think that the Shuttle-C proffering is legit.
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I agree that a telephone call proffering the hand of friendship from this distance is a good place to start.
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(it was now mid-January) the Granthams had written praising her, and this had given Mr. Wesley the notion of proffering yet another of his daughters.
Hetty Wesley Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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Just when a decisive voice is called for, there's Michael Ignatieff bleating almost en passant about the Harper cut-and-run exercise, and then proffering loads of hype about a Liberal "thinkers 'conference" in March (which may conflict with a Spring election call, leaving all those thoughts unthought).
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As the one who originally wanted to "cut his nuts off," you are now proffering a Rx for a one-term presidency if it's perceived that Obama has an agenda that will benefit Black people only.
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She remains under contract as a spokeswoman: An image of Ms. Lee proffering a fruit-topped ring cake graces an Orencia website.
First Couple Show Limits of Law Erica Orden 2011
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Here was Surya Das, proffering this very day to me -- what was left of it -- as a blank slate, to be lived or not.
Robert Koehler: 20,000 Days Robert Koehler 2011
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Just when a decisive voice is called for, there's Michael Ignatieff bleating almost en passant about the Harper cut-and-run exercise, and then proffering loads of hype about a Liberal "thinkers 'conference" in March (which may conflict with a Spring election call, leaving all those thoughts unthought).
Archive 2010-01-01 2010
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Not that Diab showed signs of proffering anything more destabilizing than a sociology course -- but best take no chances.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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