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arbitrary command
The populace began to protest against the dictation of the occupying government
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Recent Examples of dictation
Rads themselves will tell you that note dictation is the real grunt work.
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Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
Perplexity features both text-to-speech for dictation and voice chat functionality.
—PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2025
Others rely on voice dictation to record shower thoughts and capture dreams each morning in new chat threads.
—Gelila, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
More typically, the speaker’s job is one of facilitation, not dictation.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 9 Dec. 2024
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Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
Perplexity features both text-to-speech for dictation and voice chat functionality.
—PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2025
Others rely on voice dictation to record shower thoughts and capture dreams each morning in new chat threads.
—Gelila, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
More typically, the speaker’s job is one of facilitation, not dictation.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dictation
Noun
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The tide, however, has turned around since 2024 after former ECB President Mario Draghi’s report for the European Commission, which argued that Europe’s economy is being held back by outdated competition rules.—
Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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But the dispute is ultimately about more than one primary, one Senate rule, or one piece of legislation.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Although allowed, the sheriff's department urged extreme caution when welding, grinding and using a torch with fire suppression and a spotter.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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The First Amendment protects the ability to speak freely and retrieve information without government suppression.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Refine a process with a peer so everyone’s work runs more smoothly, or write down instructions for something others need to know.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Mar. 2026
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FedEx said in a statement its flight crew followed instructions from air traffic control and landed safely.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Mar. 2026
Noun
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There are any number of frameworks and factions across two decades of defense officials panicking about the direction of the US military.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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Witnesses intervened, and the unknown offender left the scene in an unknown direction.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Bart Jansen The Justice Department announced the seizure of four websites for allegedly helping Iran’s hacking efforts, psychological operations and repression in other countries.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
21 Mar. 2026
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Remeslo’s comments were an unusual public display of dissent and personal criticism of Putin in an atmosphere of repression and tight control in Russia, exacerbated by the invasion of Ukraine.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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That port also doubles as the charging port.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
20 Mar. 2026
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The researchers also explored a modular setup with up to four 250-kilowatt charging points, including solar power, which can be used directly for charging or stored in the buffer.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Nebraska has to develop, retain, avoid bidding wars, share the ball and play gritty defense.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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However, before James' comments, The Athletic reported that because bids could reach as high as $8 billion for the Vegas team, the group is not interested in participating in the bidding.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
19 Mar. 2026
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But the organization is retaining its wider prohibition against receiving transfusions of others' blood -- a procedure routinely used with patients after accidents, violence or other blood loss.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Mar. 2026
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But the organization is retaining its wider prohibition against receiving transfusions of others' blood — a procedure routinely used with patients after accidents, violence or other blood loss.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Dictation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dictation. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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