determines
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Unlike a normal trial, in a trial of facts, a jury cannot find the person guilty – instead it determines if they committed the alleged offences.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
NextEra and Dominion will also need approval from the FERC, which determines how grid-operator mergers will impact competition and rates.
From Barron's • May 18, 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
All of this relies on viscosity, the property that determines how easily a liquid flows.
From Science Daily • May 8, 2026
Since it is the solar year, not the lunar year, that determines the time for harvest and planting, the seasons seem to drift when you reckon by an uncorrected lunar year.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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