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Whatever it was, Stewart’s charm was in his refusal to let snobbery dictate his life or career path.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon — which together are worth nearly $11 trillion — would likely dictate the market’s direction, he noted.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026

I’m used to it, but please don’t dictate a response to this column on your next flight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

I don’t want to let words dictate my next emotions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

He wanted to make confession, he said, and to dictate his last will and testament.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

"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

The agreement dictates that any conflict between the company and the United States must be settled under U.S. law, not Venezuela’s.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

“Our Pukhtunwali tenant of melmastia dictates that we do not turn out a guest once we have given them our hand in friendship and a place at our table.”

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai

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

“They instead receive lesser amounts dictated by the remaining Executor, who uses this power to deter them from checking his abuses,” Paris’ petition alleges.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

But although the one-liners were flying, the show got very serious at the end, when the game's new twist dictated that Grant and Jama had to select their third traitor.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

It dictated my movements, my decisions, the rhythm of every day.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

"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

Unison said the breakthrough created a route towards a ballot of its membership, without the council dictating the union's recommendation or communications.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

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

Elizabeth found that nothing was beneath this great lady’s attention, which could furnish her with an occasion of dictating to others.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen