predication
Example Sentences
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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
“All of them told us that there was no such information and that predication for the case was based solely on the FFG information,” the report said.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 22, 2020
A nominalist to the core, he held that definition and predication are either false or tautological.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
