determination
Example Sentences
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The faces are the same, but the light is different, and suddenly you see shadows you never noticed, a new determination in one person’s eyes, a scar along the jaw of another.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
"We are also driven by our determination to keep Lebanon connected to the rest of the world."
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
She accepted that the trial judge must make the ultimate determination.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
“He could relate to my problems, my environment. The drive, the determination, not to give in to the ghetto, to make something of my life, stems from my relations with him.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
I do not wish to take any unfair advantage, and I beg therefore that you will take some days to consider of your determination.’
From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
Vocabulary lists containing determination
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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"I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King Jr.
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