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The rootstock forms the roots and lower trunk and helps determine how well the tree withstands disease and its environment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Let your motivation level determine the size and scope of the project.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

Images taken during later passes over the site allowed scientists to measure the crater's dimensions, examine its shape, and determine how the surrounding landscape had changed.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

The San Diego County medical examiner’s office plans to perform autopsies to determine the cause and manner of death of the three people.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

How could one determine if any particular feature—height or intelligence, say—was the product of nature or nurture?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

A trial of the facts is an option that is open to prosecutors if a court determines that a person is unfit to stand trial and criminal proceedings cannot go ahead.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

They also studied how the process varied with momentum transfer, which determines the spatial scale being examined inside the nucleus.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026

A deductible determines how much one needs to pay out of pocket before their insurance coverage starts paying for claims.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

If the league determines that Nacua violated the NFL’s personal conduct policy, he could be suspended.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

“Why we do an action is what determines its quality. A quality action or not.”

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

Aware of the damage that Thomas could inflict on her young career, Hill was determined to do what she could to salvage an extraordinary legal opportunity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

And Isak, who has 60 Premier League goals to his name, is determined to help bring silverware to Liverpool this year but insisted he is not someone who sets personal targets.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

And then there are the spectators determined to film entire concerts from their iPhones—or worse, filming themselves watching entire concerts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

By combining the observations and tracking how the object moved over time, the team determined that it behaved much more like a planet orbiting the star than an imaging artifact or a distant background star.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

Jonah watched the next few kids, watched the way Mr. Hodge seemed so determined that each kid touch the rock, that each hand linger on the rock for at least a couple of seconds.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

America’s homegrown narratives also have a distinctively national flavor, portraying the choices made by individuals as determining their fate.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

Treasurers are also determining whether their investment allocations remain appropriate, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

For what it’s worth, Medicaid treats a person’s primary residence as an exempt asset when determining eligibility for many Medicaid programs, although the rules vary significantly by state.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

Take “ego,” a word that is strangely absent from Mr. Diamond’s book but is an important factor in determining some of the most consequential actions of leaders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Given these reasonably valid assumptions, the problem of determining the relevant probability is straightforward.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos