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dictates

NOUN

custom

Synonyms

STRONGEST

method policy practice rite rule style system

STRONG

attitude canon ceremony character convention conventionalism design etiquette fashion form formality manner mode mold mores observance observation pattern performance praxis precedent precept routine taste type usage use way

WEAK

customariness established way folkways inheritence matter of course second nature unwritten law unwritten rule

Antonyms

STRONG

disorganization heedlessness neglect thoughtlessness

WEAK

departure deviation difference divergence irregularity

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The world governing body's standard policy dictates tickets are listed for resale or transferred to another individual rather than refunded, reserving the latter option for exceptional circumstances like match cancellations.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

The case also dictates the landscape of the world’s most prominent AI labs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Protocol dictates that it is unconventional to touch a member of the royal family.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

It makes for an exhausting, agonizing, anxiety-ridden existence that dictates how John exists in public.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

We go now to assemble our neighbors in the order that the prophecy dictates.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins

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