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They can examine whether the fund itself is lawful as a predicate to deciding whether the individual should get relief.

From Slate ● May 22, 2026

“Current data raises questions concerning these predicate assumptions,” wrote Nori Gerardo Lietz of Harvard Business School in 2024.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

After a review of the Epstein case last year, DOJ and FBI officials said in a July 2025 memo that they “did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026

That statement noted that a recent, thorough review of FBI records related to the Epstein case uncovered "no evidence to predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties".

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2025

But as we shall see in chapter 6, using a comma to separate a subject from its predicate or a verb from one of its complements is among the most grievous sins of mispunctuation.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

ECB President Christine Lagarde said current information predicates "another 50 basis point rise at our next meeting and possibly at the one after that, and possibly thereafter," prompting traders to jack up Europe's rate expectations.

From Reuters ● Dec. 16, 2022

Following Frege, we can break sentences into parts, including names, or object identifiers, and concepts, or predicates.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022

The national project predicates itself on maintaining a specific, widely disseminated version of history.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 2, 2022

“For a party that predicates itself on inclusivity,” he added, “I’m afraid we’re acting awfully exclusive.”

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2021

The first class is Spanish, all about sub- jects and predicates.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

Mr. Friedman says this “collaborative focus” is predicated on “striking the right balance between focused individual work and purposeful collaboration.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Much like the twins, their abilities appear predicated on a complementary duality to assist their masters.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

With the recent rotation into memory and other semiconductor names, market leadership is increasingly predicated on current supply-and-demand dynamics persisting.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026

Spokespeople say the deal is predicated on their agreement being codified into a bill within the next week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

Your entire sense of self-worth is predicated upon your belief that you matter, that you matter to the universe.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

But officials in March warned that already low snowpack levels were dwindling, predicating a critically dry year for the state.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2021

Coll documents the company’s consistent efforts to block international climate agreements and also its deceitful campaign to debunk science while predicating its own planning on that very science. 

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2017

“They were not longitudinal. They did no research. None. They were predicating this on some anecdotal evidence and looks at other sports, but those are apples and oranges.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 10, 2014

And to be clear, I am predicating my advice on the understanding that your cheating days are over.

From New York Times ● May 2, 2013

A tendency existed at the time to assume that electricity was altogether safe, while its opponents, predicating their attacks on arc-lighting casualties, insisted it was most dangerous.

From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Frank Lewis Dyer