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The jet stream is a ribbon of fast-moving air high in the atmosphere, around six miles above our heads, and its shape, speed and position help dictate what type of weather we experience.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Gabriel Attal, a centrist rival to become president, said that "in France, no culture, no belief, no religion, nothing and no one can come and dictate to women what their place should be".

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

Lawyers already are barred under State Bar rules from allowing a third party to dictate case strategy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Crude prices that help dictate those fuel costs are climbing again.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

“You do not get to dictate how I spend every moment of my time, Papa.”

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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retirement age dictates when beneficiaries get 100% of what they’re owed in benefits, but the current rule has become outdated now that many Americans are living longer, experts said.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

The same logic dictates the "forced march" the hopefuls must undergo -- the final exercise required to earn the paratrooper's beret.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 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

Xi has set up an extensive system of rules and enforcement that closely dictates the behavior of party members and government workers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

The raga dictates how each note should be used, more specifically than a modal or major-minor system does.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

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

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

Whether or not you do a Roth conversion in your 80s will also be dictated by your deductions and advice from the aforementioned CFP on what taxes you will pay during your “conversion window.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

If no one claims the prize by next Thursday, the money will go to public schools in California as dictated by the statute.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

But first, that price would deliver 35 million shares to Musk, as dictated in last year’s pay pact from Tesla.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 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

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

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

Barcelona's Busquets was a revelation in the 2010 World Cup alongside stalwart Alonso in central midfield, together breaking up play and dictating games in front of the Spain backline.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

I am dictating this letter to Doc Billings as I myself am illiterate, but I trust he will convey my words to you adequately.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older