determines
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It determines the gravitational force between any two objects, whether that involves planets, people, or laboratory weights.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
X's second commitment is to withhold UK access to accounts reported for posting UK illegal terrorist content, if it determines they are operated by, or on behalf of, a terrorist organisation proscribed in the UK.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
In those cases, engineers set a confidence threshold, a level of certainty that determines when the system should trigger an alert about a possible threat.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
Basically, it determines who is allowed to take out a policy on someone’s life.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
Rank determines whom it can associate with and how; where and when it can eat; where it can rest; where it can drink; and so on.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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