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I couldn’t entirely determine whether my own disappointing experiences had made me more attentive to these complaints or whether the memes had taught me to regard male shoppers with additional suspicion.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

The fossil record often provides incomplete or conflicting clues, making it difficult to determine whether an extinct species primarily lived on land, in water, or in both environments.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

More broadly, the findings highlight an important principle of animal evolution: physical structure does not necessarily determine the full range of movements an animal can perform.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

The first task was to determine the species.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

But as the world’s greatest scientist, I could surely determine whether Fig was really sick.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

Voter registration records are based on a person’s physical residential address, which determines the districts where they can vote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

The Financial Times reported that the mismatch was due to OpenAI investors trying to directly compare its annualized revenues with rival Anthropic, which determines this number differently.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

The network determines the fees that are charged each time a card is used, but the money is mostly pocketed by the issuer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

So far this autumn, the jet stream - which determines what sort of air mass affects the UK - has been sitting to the north.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Which impressions are filtered out and which are permitted to take hold largely determines our personality.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

In the vending machine study, one agent determined that it could secure way better deals by accessing suppliers in the real world outside the experiment.

From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026

Local residents are determined to see them dismantled or, at the very least, prevent more from being built.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

But after five hours, officials determined this particular shark was too large and fast for the device.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

But as this posthumous collection makes clear, Berry was determined to write until the end, which is an accomplishment in itself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Then I returned to my table and finished packing my bag, determined to ignore him for the rest of my life.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

"An autopsy will be conducted to assist in determining the exact cause of death."

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Although those figures are important for determining Tesla’s financial health, there’s only one metric investors really care about right now, according to some experts, and that is capital expenditures.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

So when, for instance, a federal agency like the Department of Veterans Affairs defines a medical term in determining which veterans get benefits, a court has limited discretion to second-guess that expert analysis.

From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2026

These larger trials will be important for determining whether the encouraging reductions in abdominal fat observed in early studies can be reproduced in broader patient populations.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

“Did you write papers? Sing songs? How was he accustomed to determining your final grade?”

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt