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

“There is no predicate action that the individual plaintiffs would need to take, other than simply going about their lives, to potentially be subject to the challenged stops,” the opinion said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 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

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