determinations

noun

plural of determination
1
as in decisions
a position arrived at after consideration a determination by the judge regarding an appropriate sentence

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2
as in deductions
an opinion arrived at through a process of reasoning his determination of the truth of the matter

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Recent Examples of determinations My belief is that local municipalities and counties should have the right to make determinations about these projects. — Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026 The determinations are critical, considering billions of dollars in the form of a rocket launch to Jupiter is now facing serious jeopardy. — David John Chávez, Mercury News, 17 July 2026 Trump has taken longer on average to approve disaster requests than any other president, according to an Associated Press analysis of data dating back to 1989, when a federal law setting new parameters for disaster determinations was implemented. — David A. Lieb, Fortune, 16 July 2026 Trump has taken longer on average to approve disaster requests than any other president, according to an Associated Press analysis of data dating to 1989, when a federal law setting new parameters for disaster determinations was implemented. — David A. Lieb, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026 As a result, conversations with a practitioner about these determinations usually involve a meaningful educational component. — James Lange, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 Some states have since created their own navigability tests to make more specific determinations. — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026 The conservative justices ruled that courts lack the authority to review determinations by the Department of Homeland Security to end temporary status migrants living and working in America. — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 26 June 2026 The conservative Justices take a consistently grudging view of challenges to Presidential determinations in this arena, privileging executive authority over the rights of individuals—particularly when those individuals are migrants. — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for determinations
  1. decisions
  2. deductions
  3. conclusions
  4. inferences
  5. opinions
  6. consequences
  7. verdicts
Noun
  • The justices allowed the administration to move forward with the termination of TPS, ruling that the decisions by the Department of Homeland Security on TPS are not subject to judicial review.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
  • Defense attorney Marilyn Bednarski said Burke’s mother, Colleen Burke, managed most of the company’s financial decisions.
    — Madeline Morrison, NBC news, 22 July 2026
Definition of decisions
Noun
  • Important public policy delivered through deductions, deferrals and account rules that reward people who already have cash to save.
    — Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Many states also provide tax deductions or credits for contributions.
    — Liz Knueven, CNBC, 7 July 2026
Definition of deductions
Noun
  • Rather than accepting a single article as definitive, many readers now seek additional perspectives before forming conclusions.
    — Jeremy Fields, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • The authors of that 1996 trial were themselves cautious in their conclusions.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
Definition of conclusions
Noun
  • And a company that has worked with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the European Space Agency to deploy 30+ 30 Earth observation models and deliver hundreds of thousands of AI inferences in orbit just raised $11 million to scale even more.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • This requires dealing with contradictory sources, making inferences, performing many web searches, and more, but neither model had any trouble with any of it.
    — Ruben Circelli, PC Magazine, 22 June 2026
Definition of inferences
Noun
  • Burpee said the expansion of the State Fair’s cannabis exhibit and lounge seems to reflect changing opinions around marijuana usage in California.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 19 July 2026
  • While the majority of classicists are embracing the spectacle of Nolan’s blockbuster, opinions start to diverge when discussing his adaptation of Homer’s language for the screenplay.
    — Antonio Ferme, Variety, 18 July 2026
Definition of opinions
Noun
  • The gap appears when there are consequences associated with providing a wrong answer.
    — TerDawn DeBoe, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • The consequences of this were obvious in the Premier League last season.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Definition of consequences
Noun
  • In a stunning turn, a Sacramento Superior Court judge declared a mistrial Tuesday in the K Street mass shooting murder trial of surviving suspects Dandrae Martin and Mtula Payton after jurors failed to reach verdicts on the remaining charges.
    — Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2026
  • The debate gained new urgency in March, when back-to-back verdicts in California and New Mexico found, for the first time, Facebook parent Meta liable for products that inflict harm on young people.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 20 July 2026
Definition of verdicts

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