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They can examine whether the fund itself is lawful as a predicate to deciding whether the individual should get relief.

From Slate ● May 22, 2026

“Current data raises questions concerning these predicate assumptions,” wrote Nori Gerardo Lietz of Harvard Business School in 2024.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

You would think that by the logic of such trauma I would have become a peace activist, but it became for me a predicate to conservatism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

The memo adds that investigators "did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties".

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2025

However painful it must have been to predicate the harsh word dead of a beloved sister, no euphemism—has passed away, is no longer with us—could have ended that sentence.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

ECB President Christine Lagarde said current information predicates "another 50 basis point rise at our next meeting and possibly at the one after that, and possibly thereafter," prompting traders to jack up Europe's rate expectations.

From Reuters ● Dec. 16, 2022

The role of conceptual analysis is to identify the right predicates for analysis and to clarify the relationship between them.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022

The national project predicates itself on maintaining a specific, widely disseminated version of history.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 2, 2022

“For a party that predicates itself on inclusivity,” he added, “I’m afraid we’re acting awfully exclusive.”

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2021

At recess, I sit beneath a tree with my notebook and review subjects and predicates and frac- tions while the other children play.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

Collapsing prices make it tough for the makers of large language models to attain profitability “and so much of this build-out is predicated on their demand.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

Mr. Friedman says this “collaborative focus” is predicated on “striking the right balance between focused individual work and purposeful collaboration.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

The number of social-media groups and threads predicated on the opinion that Bowlero/Lucky Strike absolutely sucks testifies to the number of both serious bowlers and casual enthusiasts who see the corporation as an invasive rot.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

But he conceded that his bullish view is predicated on continued strength in capex spending from hyperscalers this year and next.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

It was predicated on a searing critique of large corporations, particularly railroads, and the wealthy elite in the North and South.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

But officials in March warned that already low snowpack levels were dwindling, predicating a critically dry year for the state.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2021

Coll documents the company’s consistent efforts to block international climate agreements and also its deceitful campaign to debunk science while predicating its own planning on that very science. 

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2017

“They were not longitudinal. They did no research. None. They were predicating this on some anecdotal evidence and looks at other sports, but those are apples and oranges.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 10, 2014

And to be clear, I am predicating my advice on the understanding that your cheating days are over.

From New York Times ● May 2, 2013

Furthermore, we are actually predicating a probability that the editor of the Chicago Inter-Ocean is a reincarnation of Balaam's ass.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 by William Cowper Brann