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The team hopes those microbial signatures could eventually form the basis of a simple diagnostic tool that helps pest professionals determine whether termite evidence is recent enough to justify treatment.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

The rootstock forms the roots and lower trunk and helps determine how well the tree withstands disease and its environment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Let your motivation level determine the size and scope of the project.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

Measuring the displacement would allow the researchers to determine how gravity acts on the muon.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

How could one determine if any particular feature—height or intelligence, say—was the product of nature or nurture?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

They also studied how the process varied with momentum transfer, which determines the spatial scale being examined inside the nucleus.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026

Volatility is a key component in the pricing of options, as it determines how likely an option will be exercised, depending on the time to expiration.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026

If the league determines they violated the NFL’s personal-conduct policy they could be suspended.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

A commercial tree comprises a rootstock, chosen for its tolerance to local conditions, grafted to the upper half which determines what sort of fruit is produced.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

But immortality, by definition, means that we are never done, unless a scythe determines it to be so.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

“Whether or not he plays is to be determined, and so we’ll see how he’s feeling.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

And Isak, who has 60 Premier League goals to his name, is determined to help bring silverware to Liverpool this year but insisted he is not someone who sets personal targets.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

“The 10th Army was determined to defend Hengyang to the death.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

McVay said determination about Donald’s status for Monday will be determined by more 11 on 11 work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Now Father is determined to make the journey carrying the Torah in his arms.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

America’s homegrown narratives also have a distinctively national flavor, portraying the choices made by individuals as determining their fate.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

The immediate goal is more fundamental: determining whether one of Einstein's central principles also holds for a different generation of particles.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

Treasurers are also determining whether their investment allocations remain appropriate, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

For what it’s worth, Medicaid treats a person’s primary residence as an exempt asset when determining eligibility for many Medicaid programs, although the rules vary significantly by state.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

Unfortunately in the 1970s no tests existed for determining how long such a deposit might have taken to accumulate.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson