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It takes the place of a criminal trial and is used to determine whether an accused committed the acts alleged.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Longer studies will be needed to determine whether the changes persist, whether they translate into a lower risk of age-related disease, and whether similar effects occur in younger or different populations.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 16, 2026

A Los Angeles federal judge has ordered immigration agents to stop making civil arrests without a warrant unless they first determine that a person is likely to escape before one can be obtained.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

The asymmetric leg involves modeling a bear and bull case to determine how much he could lose if he’s wrong and how much he could make if he’s right.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

Exactly where Washington fit in this horrific picture is difficult to determine.

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

They also studied how the process varied with momentum transfer, which determines the spatial scale being examined inside the nucleus.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026

They believe in a higher power or spiritual force, but don’t typically embrace a more personalized belief that the God of the Bible determines the course of their lives and is active in human affairs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Volatility is a key component in the pricing of options, as it determines how likely an option will be exercised, depending on the time to expiration.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026

A commercial tree comprises a rootstock, chosen for its tolerance to local conditions, grafted to the upper half which determines what sort of fruit is produced.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

So the best answer we can give to our question depends on how high a particle energy we have at our disposal, because this determines on how small a length scale we can look.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

Behind it all is a desire to manage tensions between a superpower keen to keep its place at the top and a rapidly rising rival determined to make the 21st century a Chinese one.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

The cause of the aircraft crash has not yet been determined, officials said.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Single and childless, Barath determined he could adapt his lifestyle to lower pay.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

"Four patients have been assessed. Three patients have been determined deceased on scene. One patient has been transported to a local hospital in unknown condition," a statement said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

If the cottonmouths hadn’t been enraged before, they were now, determined to destroy the possessed branch that had just bludgeoned three of their friends.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

For what it’s worth, Medicaid treats a person’s primary residence as an exempt asset when determining eligibility for many Medicaid programs, although the rules vary significantly by state.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

"Although lipids make up only a small proportion of rice, they are critical in determining its nutritional value," explains lead author Associate Professor Siddabasave Gowda.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

An antitrust exemption would allow the leading AI labs to entrench their positions by setting the rules of the game and determining who gets to compete.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

For working-class voters, including women, class can trump gender as the determining factor behind a vote.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

Succinct, yet magisterial, this formula captured the essence of the interactions between heredity, chance, environment, variation, and evolution in determining the form and fate of an organism.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee