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
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
What words we choose, or avoid, dictate our thoughts and therefore our actions.
From Salon • May 8, 2026
No generation has the right to dictate to another what its culture ought to be, or to degrade its choices as stupid and offensive.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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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