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determining

adjective as in deciding

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To determine whether a product is truly “green,” you’ll have to look deeper than its earth-toned packaging.

The average infection rates among these populations determine those points’ placement on the y-axis.

Investigators were trying to determine whether officers in the cruiser were chasing the moped.

Investigators then work with the FBI to build a family tree out from that DNA match, and use traditional detective techniques to determine whether someone in that lineage could be connected to the crime.

Smithsonian officials will monitor guidance from local governments, public health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to determine its reopening strategy, he said.

Both Time and CNN reinstated Zakaria after determining the slip-up was “an isolated incident.”

He continues to be enthralled not so much by Earhart as by the process of determining what exactly befell her and her aircraft.

He did not gain access to media reports on the case, the judge established, determining that no further action was required.

More important than determining who deserved credit is ap­preciating the dynamics that occur when people share ideas.

Police are often given great leeway in determining whether or not to use lethal force, and are rarely indicted for doing so.

He asked what time was usually spent in determining between right and wrong, and what degree of expense?

That argument was not the one of least weight in the council in determining that our fleet should not sail against the enemy.

Both girls were enthusiastic; they spent a long afternoon determining this, arranging that.

Ordinarily the motive of the wrongdoer is not material in determining his maintenance of a nuisance.

One's previous physical condition is of no consequence in determining the amount of relief to be afforded.

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On this page you'll find 17 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to determining, such as: certain, conclusive, decisive, and definitive.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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