dictate
Example Sentences
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She was a farmworker until she was 17, an “original commuter” as she puts it, traveling with her family among Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah and the Golden State as the crops dictated.
From Los Angeles Times
It wants its independence, but also wants to dictate a schedule filled with conference-affiliated teams.
From Los Angeles Times
He has criticized Copenhagen, which dictates Greenland’s foreign and security policy, for not appropriately securing the island.
The Alliance for Automotive Innovation, a car-industry group, says that different forms of impairment should dictate what type of intervention is used by the technology.
Memory is now essential to AI’s cognitive functions, which is making it a crucial asset that dictates how well a product performs, Mehrotra said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.