dictates
Example Sentences
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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
“A simple rule dictates my buying,” he wrote in his annual shareholders letter in the winter of 2009.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
There’s no law that dictates how Congress should resolve the looming Medicare financial crisis.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026
This album – 100% independently produced and distributed outside of the powerful entertainment machine that had forged Choi – rejects the dictates of a society that first rejected him.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
He dictates to them in Irish and makes me correct what they’ve written.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
