predicate
Example Sentences
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They can examine whether the fund itself is lawful as a predicate to deciding whether the individual should get relief.
From Slate • May 22, 2026
You would think that by the logic of such trauma I would have become a peace activist, but it became for me a predicate to conservatism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
In July, the Justice Department determined after an extensive review that there was not enough evidence that “could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties” in the Epstein case.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025
The memo adds that investigators "did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties".
From BBC • Jul. 7, 2025
“Ah, yes. Verbs. A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence that forms the main part of the predicate in a sentence. To run. To sprint. To dart. To dash. To scuttle...”
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
Vocabulary lists containing predicate
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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This Week in Words: October 28 - November 2, 2018
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