determining

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The selection committee at S&P Dow Jones Indices has discretion when determining which eligible companies to add to the index and sometimes chooses not to make changes at the scheduled time.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

In today’s economy, “$20,000 is probably a good place to start for most people” when determining how much emergency savings their household needs, Igor Aronov, a financial planner and founder of FAR Financial, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

The new findings suggest that changes in the immune system over the course of aging may play an important role in determining when cancer is most likely to spread.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

“There is no evidence that the Board took account of its full range of statutory obligations in determining that a wholesale shuttering of the Kennedy Center was appropriate,” Cooper wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

In his final years, the old man, a teacher of mathematics in our elementary schools, had kept assiduous track of Bibi’s illness in hopes of determining some logic to her condition.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri