dictated

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For so long, gendered eating has dictated what women can and can’t consume.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

But the most important thing is that we have strategic relationships with the United States and Venezuela that are dictated by trade agreements.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

With a few minor and necessary exceptions dictated by the dramatis personae in certain scenes, Mr. Tucker primarily confines himself to the role of Iago while Mr. Quinn plays Othello.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Tradition dictated that Augusta boss Fred Ridley was given the task.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Theory dictated that if the supposed disintegration were occurring within the nucleus’s electric field, the production of protons and neutrons would diminish as the targets got heavier.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik