dictating
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We find her dictating instructions through that landline, in perfect French, to her atelier in Paris while making notebook scribbles under the covers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 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
Another clip showed Fury, who said ticket profits would be donated to a local charity supporting disadvantaged children and students with disabilities, dictating the pace and repeatedly landing uppercuts at close range in the fifth.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Within another few years he changed his mind and did enter business to sell phonographs—but for use as office dictating machines.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
