determination
Example Sentences
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It’s the environment, but then it’s about whether you have the personality, the drive, the determination.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
She accepted that the trial judge must make the ultimate determination.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
“He could relate to my problems, my environment. The drive, the determination, not to give in to the ghetto, to make something of my life, stems from my relations with him.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
The Parades Commission determination had placed conditions on a procession, applied for by some Cliftonville supporters, before it went ahead.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
“Good or bad, you’ve got Quinton’s same fire in your blood. That same stubborn determination, minus a setback or two.”
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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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