dictate
Example Sentences
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If the well-being of American posterity dictates our policy decisions, fixing this problem should be our first step.
MILAN—At the Winter Olympics, there is only one event that dictates the specific musical genre for athletes.
When called to testify before an oversight board, a police official can deflect accusations of targeting specific racial groups or poorer neighborhoods, claiming that they are merely following the objective dictates of a machine.
From Salon
But form is dictated by a number of factors.
From BBC
In his hand is the boy’s file, inside of which is the letter I dictated to Etta.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
