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Others had parents who wanted to dictate their romantic lives.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 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

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

Since I’m letting the universe dictate my life on this Final Day of Childhood, I don’t bother waiting for another train to take me to Thirty-Fourth Street.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

Social Security’s full retirement age dictates when beneficiaries get 100% of what they’re owed in benefits, but the current rule has become outdated now that many Americans are living longer, experts said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 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

At the core of her allegations is a distinction that banks make between frauds and scams, which dictates how customer claims are handled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

The plot of “Cape Fear” dictates that this sporting tale of homicidal pettiness can only end one way.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

We abandoned him to a kinder fate and the dictates of nature.

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

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

The economic war in the Persian Gulf is dictated as much by how much the countries in the region can move their exports over land rather than through the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

This is often because studios themselves dictated the stories and angles being written about.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

Nor should it be dictated by your RMDs.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

Another letter was dictated, this one an agreement between him and me: “Nothing can be in this book’s manuscript that I didn’t say, and nothing can be left out that I want in it.”

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

"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

“When you go ‘pace,’ you’re dictating what the defense does.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

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

For now, there are rules dictating our interactions with the human world—those rules could change.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black