- present participle of dictate.
dictating
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"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
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
“When you go ‘pace,’ you’re dictating what the defense does.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Within another few years he changed his mind and did enter business to sell phonographs—but for use as office dictating machines.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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