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“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

“We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties,” the Justice Department and FBI wrote in a memo released in July.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

Bowe may now again seek authorization to file a successive motion based on Davis, using Taylor to show that once the unconstitutional residual clause is removed, no valid predicate remains.

From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2025

Subjects are special: all verbs have one, and it sits outside the verb phrase, occupying one of the two major branches of the clause, the other being the predicate.

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

So 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

“It has been incredibly troubling to see the rise of a movement that is predicated on an exclusionary vision,” Mamdani said this week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 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

With the recent rotation into memory and other semiconductor names, market leadership is increasingly predicated on current supply-and-demand dynamics persisting.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026

No, surviving middle school seemed to be predicated solely on who your friends were.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin

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

From these and other authorities we can gather enough testimony to show that it is well worth while to make a systematic proving of this animal product, thereby predicating its sphere and precisioning its employment.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz