determining

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Around 12.9 million students nationwide registered for this year's "gaokao", according to the Ministry of Education, which for most is the sole determining factor in admission to a Chinese university.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

"That is a significant feature when determining whether an immediate custodial sentence must follow," the judge said.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Each brokerage has its own process for determining allocations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Electron interactions play a major role in determining properties such as magnetism and chemical bonding.

From Science Daily • 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