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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

She knows how to speak, dictate orders and ideas.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

"You need to build your own rhythm. You can't just whizz the ball around quickly all the time so you need players in midfield who can dictate it," White told the Women's Football Weekly podcast.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

She had summoned Penelope four times since luncheon, so that she might dictate replies to her correspondence.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

"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

So really, it’s the market that dictates how much they pay.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 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

"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

“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 clan representatives said that reports of Oyo having a son were not sufficient because the child had not been formally presented to the royal clan as dictated by Tooro tradition.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

He was their property, heart and soul, body and blood; what they did claimed every atom of him, sleeping and waking; it colored life and dictated the terms of death.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

“Commanding Zhongnanhai, the leadership compound in Beijing, is easier than controlling 101 million Party members or dictating policy outcomes across a country as vast and complex as China.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 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

I’d been swimming for what felt like an hour, and I was so exhausted that the waves were now dictating my direction.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo