predication

Example Sentences

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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

“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

Excessive predication: Excavating is the first operation in street paving.

From The Century Handbook of Writing by Greever, Garland