predication

Example Sentences

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There is adequate predication for the Treasury Department, the FEC and the Department of Justice to take a look.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2022

He scoured the F.B.I. guidelines to find the rules against investigating someone based on false predication, presenting his supervisors with copious examples of claims that didn’t add up.

From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2021

“Any time you open a case against a — or a subpoena against a member of Congress or a journalist, there’s a very high predication to that,” said McCaul, a former Justice Department prosecutor.

From Washington Post • Jun. 13, 2021

“Notwithstanding whether there was sufficient predication for the leak investigation itself, including family members and minor children strikes me as extremely aggressive,” said David Laufman, a former Justice Department official who worked on leak investigations.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 10, 2021

Therefore, the import of propositions, that is, the import of predication, must be ascertained.

From Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic by Stebbing, W. (William)