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dictating

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verb

present participle of dictate
as in ordering
to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority dictated that the terms of surrender be negotiated by his senior staff

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Adjective
  • Tuesday’s announcement also comes as Shari Redstone — the media heiress who holds a controlling share of National Amusements, Paramount Global’s parent company — continues to seek a merger between Paramount and David Ellison’s Skydance Media.
    Liam Reilly, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Has exhibited possessive or controlling behavior, and is in a recent or pending divorce or separation.
    Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Which ever of the two superstars steps up the biggest tonight can give their team a commanding lead as the series starts to come to a close.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
  • Adam Henrique scored twice in what was a brutally physical first period, sparking the Oilers to a dominant 3-0 win to take a commanding 3-1 lead in their first-round series.
    Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 12 May 2025
Verb
  • The Hamilton County Coroner's Office is requesting help finding the relatives of a man who died this week.
    Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Now, Snoop says that The Chronic creator has fully embraced the revival of Death Row Records, even going as far as personally requesting his own official Death Row jacket.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The name the Sea of Japan rose to prominence during Japan's imperial era, including its 35-year colonization of Korea.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 May 2025
  • North Park Beer, bronze for House of Fu!, an imperial India Pale Ale. Pizza Port Ocean Beach, bronze for Junk in the Trunkel Dunkel, a South German-style dunkel weizen.
    Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2025
Verb
  • The plaintiffs are asking the court to block the administration’s order, which puts Haitians at risk of being returned to a country overrun by deadly gangs.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Harvick raised his voice about why the appeals process hadn't been made public, asking what is there to hide.
    Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • For example, when a man in his sixties talks about the same thing, he’s seen as calm and logical, but when a woman in her twenties talks about it, she’s seen as arrogant or trying to act mature.
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 15 May 2025
  • By losing some of its arrogant charm, Doom has also lost the means to back it up.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
Verb
  • But at - if - the - the government should not be mandating those.
    CBS News, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2025
  • If mandating fewer students in each class effectively requires the hiring of an unknown number of dud instructors, how do students benefit?
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Their Irish Wolf Hound regimental mascot also usually receives some shamrocks as well as a sweet pat from the royal.
    Stephanie Petit, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Yet at the same time, Clark wore button down shirts and regimental stripes.
    Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Dictating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dictating. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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