determination

I suppose my passion for acting was guided by my sensitivity and determination to pour everything I had into characters to make them come alive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

His team played with determination and physicality, but also dexterity and ambition, in their most complete display of the year by a long margin.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

“The Steps: A Memoir” details not only the grit and determination it took to write best picture winner “Rocky” but how Stallone stood his ground to get to play the underdog boxer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

One is his contempt for those he regards as losers, and his determination never to be seen as one.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Red stared at me as I spun, a look of hard determination on her face.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

The law authorizing the tax required the Department of Finance to make initial determinations about who is subject to it using information such as tax returns and property value assessments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Right: Despite holding that TPS determinations are generally unreviewable, Alito acknowledged that plaintiffs could still raise constitutional challenges, something only Justice Clarence Thomas disagreed with.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

In the lawsuit filed in a California federal court Alibaba pushed back, claiming the determinations "have no basis in fact or law".

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

Meanwhile, courts are struggling under the additional burden of reviewing bail determinations for scores of defendants already in custody.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

The difficulty in making final determinations is that there are often acres of room for interpretation.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson