predication
Example Sentences
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FBI assistant director Jill C. Tyson replied in a December 2021 letter that although the bureau’s assessments “do not require a particular factual predication, they do require an authorized purpose.”
From Washington Times ● Jan. 14, 2022
He scoured the F.B.I. guidelines to find the rules against investigating someone based on false predication, presenting his supervisors with copious examples of claims that didn’t add up.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2021
“Notwithstanding whether there was sufficient predication for the leak investigation itself, including family members and minor children strikes me as extremely aggressive,” said David Laufman, a former Justice Department official who worked on leak investigations.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 10, 2021
At the same time, he told ABC News it was "important that the inspector general found that in this particular instance, the investigation was opened with appropriate predication and authorization."
From Salon ● Dec. 10, 2019
Excessive predication: Excavating is the first operation in street paving.
From The Century Handbook of Writing by Garland Greever
