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The 1954 landmark school desegregation decision in Brown v. Board of Education prohibited government distinctions predicated on skin color.
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Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2026
Congress is now set to debate the War Powers Resolution, but the fact that this debate is needed at all is a reminder of how much the exercise of American democracy has historically been predicated not on black-letter law but on trust, norms, and basic decency.
—Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
Additionally, our BlackRock thesis has been predicated on private markets becoming more mainstream among retail investors and increasingly making their way into 401(k) plans.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2026
So many consumer industries are predicated on speed and scale, overproducing and churning through new trends at record pace — often to a destructive degree.
—Bella Webb, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2026
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Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2026
Congress is now set to debate the War Powers Resolution, but the fact that this debate is needed at all is a reminder of how much the exercise of American democracy has historically been predicated not on black-letter law but on trust, norms, and basic decency.
—Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
Additionally, our BlackRock thesis has been predicated on private markets becoming more mainstream among retail investors and increasingly making their way into 401(k) plans.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2026
So many consumer industries are predicated on speed and scale, overproducing and churning through new trends at record pace — often to a destructive degree.
—Bella Webb, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predicate
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Mar. 2026
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This year’s exercises take place after local media have reported the potential redeployment of US assets in the region to the Middle East, including Patriot missile defense batteries currently based in South Korea.—
Soo-hyang Choi,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Predicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predicate. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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