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The jet stream is a ribbon of fast-moving air high in the atmosphere, around six miles above our heads, and its shape, speed and position help dictate what type of weather we experience.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

“You’re able to dictate the terms up front and also shut one side down on the field,” Lake said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Gabriel Attal, a centrist rival to become president, said that "in France, no culture, no belief, no religion, nothing and no one can come and dictate to women what their place should be".

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

The cartel is also reviewing OPEC+ members’ production capacity after saying last year it would create a system to set output baselines for 2027 that would dictate future quotas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Perhaps you would rather dictate to a stenographer?

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

Every plan runs on a written document, and that document dictates what you’re allowed to do with your own money.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

Even when intergalactic forces take pains to make the Lantern Corps’ selection process fair, Earth’s unspoken dictates about worthiness make that impossible.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

The bulks list rather dictates what ingredients compounding pharmacies can use when mixing custom medications for patients with a specific prescription.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

“Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

Pacific Northwest Indian artists carved beautiful masks, boxes, bas-reliefs, and totem poles within the dictates of an elaborate aesthetic system based on an ovoid shape that has no name in European languages.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Nor should it be dictated by your RMDs.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

Serpa attributes the strict rules to the “ghosts of our Puritanical past,” referencing centuries-old laws that dictated how to conduct public and private life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

For more than a quarter-century, a lawsuit settlement from a case brought in Los Angeles federal court has dictated conditions for children held in immigration detention.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

Spain dictated possession for much of the afternoon while Argentina defended stubbornly, forcing the final into extra time before the breakthrough finally came.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

For punishment, she dictated that the next week I had to go to church in my stocking feet.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

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

The Kimi K3 model has 2.8 trillion parameters dictating its decision-making and is the world’s biggest open-source model, according to the Beijing-based AI startup.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

“People seem to be obsessed with now dictating what I’ll do and when?!”

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026

Moreover, Smith, while dictating his statement, had revealed the whereabouts of other potent evidence.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote