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Users try to keep their voices low and often wear headphones to block out sound from their dictating neighbors, dialing down the annoyance factor.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

"If the sheep are dictating safety and the wolves are not, then there's no purpose," Brockman said Musk allegedly told employees at the time.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

And the U.S. began that relationship with the free Cuban people, many of whom had been enslaved by Spain, not by inviting them to the negotiation table in France but by dictating terms.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

He is right, as far as the analogy goes—a defense contractor has no business effectively dictating policy by placing conditions on the use of its technology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

He was used to dictating to grown men.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover



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