predicate

Example Sentences

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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

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 object or the predicate comes first, the verb is in the middle and then the subject comes at the end,” says Watkins.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025

But according to this newly released DOJ memo, there is no “incriminating ‘client list,’” no “credible evidence … that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals” and no “evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties.”

From Salon • Jul. 8, 2025

That word choice is crucial because, while there is interesting emerging science around Internet addiction, there is a predicate question being asked by many scientists: Can behaviors be addictive, or just substances?

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel