- present participle of determine.
determining
Example Sentences
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Experts told the BBC that it is critical to fully assess the pregnancy, labour and delivery of a baby when determining why they collapsed and died.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
And though a film’s contextual significance is an important part of determining what is and isn’t a timeless movie, applicability isn’t everything, either.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
His attorneys have since appealed both the convictions and the sentence, arguing the judge improperly relied on allegations connected to charges for which he was acquitted when determining his punishment.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
Ashtekar and his colleagues have now proposed a new method for determining a black hole's entropy, a quantity that measures disorder and, according to the second law of thermodynamics, can never decrease.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
The answer lies in determining the probability of doing this well or better by chance.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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