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He refused to let Fox’s presenters dictate the terms of the conversation.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

On “Just a Kid,” which sounds as jubilant as her breakthrough 2007 hit “Love Song,” she risks strangers’ stares to dictate a voice note in a fit of inspiration about Joseph’s footprint in the world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

“No one will ever dictate which heroes we should honor,” he said in June as he unveiled plans for a memorial complex in Kyiv listing the names of Ukrainian resistance fighters such as the UPA.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Don’t let others rush you or dictate how and when you need to act.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

Faction customs dictate even idle behavior and supersede individual preference.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

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retirement age dictates when beneficiaries get 100% of what they’re owed in benefits, but the current rule has become outdated now that many Americans are living longer, experts said.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

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

Pacific Northwest Indian artists carved beautiful masks, boxes, bas-reliefs, and totem poles within the dictates of an elaborate aesthetic system based on an ovoid shape that has no name in European languages.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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

Nor should it be dictated by your RMDs.

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

CEO Satya Nadella recently made clear that the tech giant is seeking to steer the AI race away from a future dictated and controlled by frontier model-builders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

As long as I’ve known him, he’s been this way: extra-vigilant when it comes to matters of money and ethics, holding himself to a higher standard than even what’s dictated by law.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Several figures at the club still regard him as the profile the squad is missing now, a controlling midfielder capable of dictating tempo in a way nobody currently on the books quite replicates.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Activists and protesters see the focus on women as an effort to use India’s strict social norms dictating women’s behavior to tarnish the protests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 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

Another clip showed Fury, who said ticket profits would be donated to a local charity supporting disadvantaged children and students with disabilities, dictating the pace and repeatedly landing uppercuts at close range in the fifth.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

Convinced the Americans were about to attack, Castro began dictating a desperate message to Nikita Khrushchev.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin