determining

verb

present participle of determine
1
as in deciding
to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute) a three-member panel will determine the case

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2
as in figuring
to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration trying to determine which direction we were facing

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3
as in finding
to come upon after searching, study, or effort we failed to determine the answer to the riddle

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4
as in stopping
to come to an end your participation in the savings plan determines with the termination of your employment here

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5
as in settling
to make final, definite, or beyond dispute your choice of college could determine the rest of your life

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Recent Examples of determining The incident was recorded on a home security camera, which assisted Deputy State Fire Marshals in determining the cause of the fire. — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 14 July 2026 Chief Estella Patterson told committee members officers have a hard time determining the exact age of juveniles without an ID, which delays the investigation and prolongs police interactions. — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2026 Departing from state guidance Under SB 79, regional planning agencies like SANDAG are tasked with determining which transit stops are subject to new rules allowing high-density housing, and how much of it. — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026 Some analysts argue that inflation expectations and risk premiums play a significant role in determining mortgage rates. — Jason Phillips, USA Today, 10 July 2026 The more important challenge is determining how organizations can intentionally build it. — Motaz Agamawi, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Though the method of determining the pipe’s material remains taking a picture of the pipe in the home and sending it to the city electronically, Motley said a lack of technological know-how or equipment is no longer a barrier. — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026 What, exactly, happened on Saturday remains unclear — but crucial — in determining how Wells died. — Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026 Lindholm’s health may be the biggest determining factor for whether the second pairing works. — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 7 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for determining
  1. deciding
  2. figuring
  3. finding
  4. stopping
  5. settling
  6. judging
  7. choosing
  8. learning
Verb
  • Woodrow Wilson, having suffered a debilitating stroke in 1919, refused to yield the presidency while his wife and physician quietly hid his condition from the country, deciding on his behalf what the nation would be permitted to know.
    — Michael Sonnenfeldt, Fortune, 19 July 2026
  • The family deciding what to put on the table tonight does not, and there is no defensible reason for that.
    — Mike Snider, USA Today, 19 July 2026
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  • Exhibited for the first time outside of Sarajevo, the churning Socialist Realist homage invokes Eugène Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People in figuring partisans heroically overcoming their would-be Nazi aggressors.
    — Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 10 July 2026
  • Roddey wants more money for schools and less for the city, figuring the city can make up funding through utility sales to incoming companies.
    — John Marks, Charlotte Observer, 8 July 2026
Definition of figuring
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  • The best swimsuit for you should naturally align with your everyday style, but finding one is easier said than done.
    — Alexandra Malmed, InStyle, 16 July 2026
  • Those with more modest means are falling further behind and, perhaps most alarmingly, finding fewer pathways to the economic mobility that has helped define the American dream.
    — Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
Definition of finding
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  • Travel may be getting more expensive, but that isn’t stopping Americans from splurging on bucket-list vacations.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2026
  • Maria Alejandra Betancur said her father, Carlos Hugo Betancur, was recently detained while stopping for gas at a Marathon station on Northwest 58th Street in Doral.
    — Ivan Taylor, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
Definition of stopping
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  • As Flex Global expands, users can take advantage of stablecoin payment rails and wallets in more than countries while settling cross-border payments in minutes, the company said.
    — Arthur Zackiewicz, Footwear News, 14 July 2026
  • Rather than opening in central London, the foundation chose to follow the artists, settling in a neighborhood that has become home to an increasingly vibrant creative community.
    — PhotoVogue, Vogue, 13 July 2026
Definition of settling
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  • Time has a habit of judging architects more generously than their contemporaries often do.
    — Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
  • The judging panel includes Mark Ballas, fresh off his Traitors run, and his mother, Shirley Ballas.
    — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 17 July 2026
Definition of judging
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  • America’s health care challenges will not be solved by choosing between primary care and specialty care.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 18 July 2026
  • And yet, the reasoning behind choosing a teenaged shortstop still holds true today.
    — John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2026
Definition of choosing
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  • Zhao said the controller even outperformed the software supplied by the robot’s manufacturer, demonstrating the value of combining machine-learning research with real-world robotics.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
  • The system relies on five microelectrode arrays surgically installed in Thomas’ brain, which machine learning algorithms then interpret brain signals denoting movement with nearly 85 percent accuracy.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 July 2026
Definition of learning

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