predicate
Example Sentences
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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
“We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties,” the Justice Department and FBI wrote in a memo released in July.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
The memo adds that investigators "did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties".
From BBC • Jul. 7, 2025
“Ah, yes. Verbs. A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence that forms the main part of the predicate in a sentence. To run. To sprint. To dart. To dash. To scuttle...”
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
Vocabulary lists containing predicate
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