determination
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Ms. Machado gets high marks for her determination.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
The United States claimed a second try with the final play of the match as Kate Zackary dived over around the fringes at the end of a surge that summed up their determination.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
“Based on the Medical Examiner’s determination and the findings of the investigation, Hayden Panettiere’s death has been ruled accidental,” officials in Greenville, S.C., said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh on Wednesday said anyone second-guessing the central bank’s determination to get inflation back to 2% would be making a mistake.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
In 2007, the University of Wisconsin conferred doctorates on 13 women who showed their determination, strength, and bravery in the Space Race with accomplishments that paved the way for generations.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
Right: Despite holding that TPS determinations are generally unreviewable, Alito acknowledged that plaintiffs could still raise constitutional challenges, something only Justice Clarence Thomas disagreed with.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
With Friday’s victory, Paramount is staying on that timetable, but regulators in Europe and Britain have opened their own regulatory investigations and are expected to make their own determinations in the coming months.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
"The investigation of suspected criminal offences resulting from alleged breaches of the Commission's determinations is a matter for the Police Service of Northern Ireland," the Commission said in a statement.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
He said court review of TPS decisions was barred to prevent "judicial micromanagement" of foreign policy determinations.
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
After traveling nearly eleven billion miles in my lifetime, my atoms and I had arrived at a place where we could confidently make such determinations about love.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
Vocabulary lists containing determination
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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"I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King Jr.
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