dictates

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“A simple rule dictates my buying,” he wrote in his annual shareholders letter in the winter of 2009.

From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026

She believes that if all the signs point to a partner-less destiny anyway, then she may as well flout the dictates of her mother and the marriage mart.

From Salon • Jun. 25, 2026

Furthermore, Lord Biggar challenges the core premise of Project Spire and reparatory justice as a whole - that historic suffering directly dictates modern disadvantage.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

There’s no law that dictates how Congress should resolve the looming Medicare financial crisis.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 15, 2026

We go now to assemble our neighbors in the order that the prophecy dictates.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins