- present tense form of determine (3rd person singular).
determines
Example Sentences
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The Financial Times reported that the mismatch was due to OpenAI investors trying to directly compare its annualized revenues with rival Anthropic, which determines this number differently.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
However this is not the only factor that determines whether hurricanes will form.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Because gravity determines the shape and motion of stellar streams, astronomers can study them to learn how mass is distributed throughout a galaxy.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
The scion above it determines the type of fruit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Which impressions are filtered out and which are permitted to take hold largely determines our personality.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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