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With that unique selling point more common now than a decade ago, how he builds on it will dictate how his tenure unfolds.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

The common denominator has often been tech leaders at helms with enough leverage to dictate such terms to eager investors motivated by FOMO.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Whatever it was, Stewart’s charm was in his refusal to let snobbery dictate his life or career path.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon — which together are worth nearly $11 trillion — would likely dictate the market’s direction, he noted.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026

He cabled Luther Rice, “...Burnham nor anyone else has any right to dictate whether we shall have a closed or open fence, any more than from an artistic standpoint.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

“Johnnie Walker Black Label. And something Japanese,” he dictates to one of the two assistants scurrying around his palatial open-plan home in L.A.’s Beverly Grove.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

"The amount of flexibility of the polymer dictates how many bonds it has. It allows us to lower the number of bonds each particle has and make lattices we have never seen before."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

The 9th Circuit judges in Friday’s opinion said that “this clause expressly dictates which sovereign has the authority to prescribe the manner in which congressional elections are conducted.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

The agreement dictates that any conflict between the company and the United States must be settled under U.S. law, not Venezuela’s.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

Dinner is at three, and as tradition dictates, we all go upstairs and dress up a little.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

More broadly, the successful test suggests that the size of future space infrastructure may not always have to be dictated by the dimensions of the rockets used to launch its components.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

"The pricing power of companies is still pretty much dictated by consumers" in Japan, he said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

“They instead receive lesser amounts dictated by the remaining Executor, who uses this power to deter them from checking his abuses,” Paris’ petition alleges.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

The champion dictated the pace in the early rounds.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

She dictated letters to me, advis-ing them both that we were on our way.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

"There's no magic line" dictating what defines a nation, he told AFP, but noted Alberta's case for nationhood appears harder to make than that of other groups, like Catalans, Scots and French-speaking Canadians in Quebec.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Unison said the breakthrough created a route towards a ballot of its membership, without the council dictating the union's recommendation or communications.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Two years of dictating that everyone commute into work on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays was hurting the morale as well as the productivity of many.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Some communities have strong cultural traditions dictating who should fill the caretaker role — in many cases, that’s the eldest daughter.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

The house was taking over again, and dictating to him about what he must feel and do.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill