as in rule
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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Semenya, who was assigned female at birth in South Africa and has high natural testosterone levels, won a European Court of Human Rights judgment in her years-long legal challenge to track and field's rules which did not overturn them.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Sweeney Bell had a tepid response, however, to a recent controversy in which dozens of local Democrats were kicked off the ballot for breaking an Indiana Democratic Party rule.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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At least 80% of voters support photo ID, polling that Republicans have repeatedly pointed to as the Senate debates the SAVE America Act, an election bill that Democrats claim is an attempt at voter suppression.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Mar. 2026
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Use the cardboard method as your baseline weed suppression across garden beds, then spot-treat any weeds that push through with the vinegar spray.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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More than 7 million student loan borrowers who have been enrolled in a Biden-era repayment plan will receive notices beginning Friday with instructions to seek a new plan to repay their debt, the Education Department said.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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The candy bars, which are likely to be circulated in unofficial sales channels across Europe, can be identified by a unique batch code assigned to individual bars and when scanned would relay instructions on how to contact KitKat, the company said.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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Smoke could be seen rising from the direction of a major UAE energy installation on March 14, in what appeared to be the latest strike targeting the Gulf’s petroleum facilities hours after the US struck Iran’s Kharg Island.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
30 Mar. 2026
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While the morning invites a slower pace and simple pleasures, the Moon opposing chatty Mercury later can pull feelings and words in different directions.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Mar. 2026
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Haghighi has taken a stand against censorship and repression not only in his movies but also by personal example.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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The breach comes not long after the Justice Department earlier this month seized four domains connected to the Handala group, as part of an ongoing effort to disrupt hacking and transnational repression schemes conducted by the Islamic Republic of Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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On a long location day without a charging setup nearby, that's a real-world limitation worth knowing about.—
Omar Kardoudi
March 27,
New Atlas,
27 Mar. 2026
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Those plans were helped by the promise of support from the Biden administration, including a network of EV charging stations, low interest government loans to build EV factories and a $7,500 tax credit for most EV buyers.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2026
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The Reason Foundation went so far as to conclude in 2006, based upon experiences in other localities, that San Diego could save an average of 10% to 25% — up to $200 million annually — by using a competitive bidding process.—
Jan Goldsmith,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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Unwittingly, America’s banks are doing Beijing’s bidding.—
Sam Lyman,
Washington Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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At the state level, a bill was passed in the Missouri House that would mirror the federal prohibition.—
Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2026
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But the state’s high court rejected that argument in a 4-3 decision, concluding there was no explicit prohibition against the Legislature doing redistricting more often.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Dictation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dictation. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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