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“El Niño doesn’t really dictate the outcome, but it really kind of tilts the odds for a wetter winter, especially in Southern California.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

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

I would have thought that one of the advantages of being super rich is that you no longer have to let money dictate your choices.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Conventional wisdom used to dictate that righty pitchers should only throw changeups against left-handed batters and vice versa.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Why did this random chance have to dictate so much of my destiny?

From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed

"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

However, she acknowledged, “the reality is the White House is the one that dictates enforcement.”

From Slate ● Nov. 2, 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

It would certainly be the easy way out, the continuation of a downsizing effort already in progress following one of the dictates of retirement—less stuff, more experiences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

But he cannot escape the dynamic dictated to him by his culture in which subordinates must respect the dictates of their superiors.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

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

But it is Monet himself who is primarily responsible for these alternative facts, as he dictated the terms of his life story from the beginning of his public career.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Online thrifters like that they save money, help reduce waste and can ignore trends dictated by the industry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Directly we boarded the ships, the quartermaster dictated we should be switched to salt rations.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Conversations with others is one thing, and watching movies without headphones is forbidden, but dictating out loud when she could type is an irritating loophole.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

"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

“Catchers, I think it’s the most important position on the field. They’re the ones calling pitches, dictating game flow, rhythm, all that type of stuff. I’m going to trust those guys always.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 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

He was used to dictating to grown men.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover