determined
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Authorities said the suspect is known to police and has ties to Islamist circles in Berlin but also stressed investigators have not yet determined a motive or whether he acted alone.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
Buoyed by the development, the small southern African country is determined to go much further in its drive for local processing of its resources, even eyeing its own production of rechargeable lithium batteries.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
Researchers at Uppsala University have determined that the Sun contains 55 percent more silver than earlier calculations suggested.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
The coroner determined that the markings found on her body were consistent with “postmortem insect activity” and were not evidence of strangulation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Those East Village bubbes were single-mindedly determined to see to it that she and Molly would at last find their basherts, their soulmates, and be happily wed.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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