predication

Example Sentences

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Raymond N. Hulser, a prosecutor in charge of the public integrity section at the time, told Mr. Durham that the Washington case that was based on the book lacked predication.

From New York Times • May 22, 2023

Federal prosecutors mostly do proactive investigations where there is adequate predication and then we start in a very leisurely way.

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2022

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

“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

It is like a troublesome pedant one is forced to hear, who always growls, but never touches us, and frequently like D———, and such like venerable impertinents, lose the time they employ in predication.

From Ebrietatis Encomium or, the Praise of Drunkenness by Samber, Robert