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

“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

“All of them told us that there was no such information and that predication for the case was based solely on the FFG information,” the report said.

From Washington Times • Jan. 22, 2020

These and other raw facts throw great doubt on the predication for continued investigation, yet on it went.

From Washington Post • Dec. 12, 2019

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