dictated

He adds that the size of a rollercoaster is partly dictated by the number of guests its designers hope to get on board - "between 1,500 and 2,000 an hour" at popular parks.

He dictated a 90-day pause in those tariffs, while simultaneously raising tariffs on Chinese goods to 125% — effectively shutting off the flow in bilateral trade.

His race was dictated by qualifying 14th, but he did overtake Lawson on lap one then pull off an undercut pass on Pierre Gasly's Alpine.

Instead, the White House announced an immediate funding cutoff and dictated prerequisites that had to be met before “negotiations” over the funding.

It, however, has never stood for curriculum, never dictated what is on the tests, how the teachers are trained or any of that stuff.