determination
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With a 4.7 grade-point average and an unyielding determination to seek an opportunity to play football at the next level, Cadet is leaving nothing for chance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
That determination, known as the “endangerment finding,” had been the basis of federal climate regulation for nearly two decades.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
He added, “I knew I could be happy here, but it would take all my resources, determination, and time to make it mine.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
But he said that fear was mixed with a determination not to let the threat from settler attacks force them out.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The president looked into the camera, his face showing both strain and determination.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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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
Sauer said court review of TPS decisions was barred to prevent "judicial micromanagement" of foreign policy determinations.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
With Friday’s victory, Paramount is staying on that timetable, but regulators in Europe and Britain have opened their own regulatory investigations and are expected to make their own determinations in the coming months.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 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
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Vocabulary lists containing determination
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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