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“It is our job to sift through the sales pitch to determine what is real and what is bluster,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

To determine whether these issues go beyond anecdotes, ProPublica analyzed the data collected from every state by the CDC to look for patterns.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

In simple terms, it can help determine how much useful information a particular choice is expected to reveal.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026

Authorities in Kinshasa and M23 have called for an investigation to determine the cause of the blaze.

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026

“In fact, the matter is out of your hands; it’s up to the courts to determine what’s in your best interests now.”

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen

They also studied how the process varied with momentum transfer, which determines the spatial scale being examined inside the nucleus.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026

“It determines who gets access to beds, it determines how we are able to respond to the crisis on our streets.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

A deductible determines how much one needs to pay out of pocket before their insurance coverage starts paying for claims.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

A commercial tree comprises a rootstock, chosen for its tolerance to local conditions, grafted to the upper half which determines what sort of fruit is produced.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

So the best answer we can give to our question depends on how high a particle energy we have at our disposal, because this determines on how small a length scale we can look.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

Piper and Morse then distributed promising varieties to agricultural experiment stations around the country, where researchers determined which ones performed best under local conditions.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

Drew Findling, also on Banks’ defense team, accused Grant of being a “master of deception” who was determined to get revenge for the death of Bennett, his cousin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

But there were still bodies on the mountain and Mingma G was determined to bring his friends home.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

A media darling on the podium like no one since Leonard Bernstein—his storied predecessor at Lincoln Center—Dudamel seems determined to inject some longed-for pizazz into the job.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Using a form of X-rays called radiographs, Price determined that the device contained at least twenty-seven gears—more complicated than had at first been believed.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

For working-class voters, including women, class can trump gender as the determining factor behind a vote.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

For U.S. investors, key to assessing the impact of the yen move will be determining whether Japan is bolstering its currency by selling down its holdings of more than $1 trillion of U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

The biggest issue with judging handball is often determining if the ball did actually hit the arm, and that is the crux of Forest's argument.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

The researchers compared several ways of identifying obesity with a highly accurate method for determining body fat.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

She stared at Luke, finally determining that he was just as hopeless an idiot as Toby.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss