dictating
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"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
With the Model T, Ford standardized placing the steering wheel on the left side of the cabin, dictating the design of American roadways.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
A growing number of software developers in Silicon Valley are dictating coding instructions for hours at a time instead of typing.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026
I’ve also begun dictating all my emails, Slack messages and everything else using the built-in dictation features on my Lenovo Chromebook Plus.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026
On the dictating tape, a voice referred to urban guerrillas.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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