dictate
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Todd described having a hit as a “little fun treat,” but he doesn’t want a song from two releases ago to dictate his current music style.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
Tyler is one of those conversation-piece characters—think Godot in “Waiting for Godot,” Sonny Jim in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and the men in “The Women”—who never appear, yet dictate the plot.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
I couldn’t dictate it beyond my initial outline thoughts, because I find that I can’t replicate my best writing voice while speaking into a phone or computer.
From Slate • May 24, 2026
We will add positions as our indicators dictate.
From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026
People had a curious way of double-talking around things, saying the opposite of what common sense would dictate.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
Vocabulary lists containing dictate
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 3
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You Can Say That Again: Dic and Dict
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The New SAT: The Language of the Test
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