predication
Example Sentences
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Raymond N. Hulser, a prosecutor in charge of the public integrity section at the time, told Mr. Durham that the Washington case that was based on the book lacked predication.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2023
FBI assistant director Jill C. Tyson replied in a December 2021 letter that although the bureau’s assessments “do not require a particular factual predication, they do require an authorized purpose.”
From Washington Times ● Jan. 14, 2022
“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
Note that in the last illustration, in particular, the condensation consists in reducing predication, in merely removing a verb and a pronoun from the sentence.
From News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories by M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle) Spencer
