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- verb Present participle of
dictate .
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Examples
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Macmillan should stick to dictating the price Amazon pays them and keep their nose out of *dictating* the price the consumer will pay.
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The White House is starting to sound like Putin dictating what the media can and can't report.
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Time for us Dems to circle the wagons, we can't have men like Romney and McCain dictating this race and the needs of US Citizen.
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Apparently we can hope that Obama is merciful in dictating what we should drive, eat, and what temperature we can set our thermostats to.
Blitzer: McCain stepping up foreign policy heat on Obama 2008
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What business does Google have in dictating the disclosure of any business relationships on others … asks Andy Beal?.
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[...] – Andy Beal from Marketing pilgrim wonders “What business does Google have in dictating the disclosure of any business relationships on others?”
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What business does Google have in dictating the disclosure of any business relationships on others?
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"A number of them are anxious to make sure they do not get a telephone call dictating a reduction in leverage, due to something to do with the bank's exposure, not theirs," said Mr. Keen.
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[Ed: dictating is about the same volume as coversation, but sounds louder to bystanders for the same reason that cell phone conversations do -- it doesn't translate well to white noise.] jadelennox: Yes.
May 24th, 2005 temvald 2005
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The telecom providers are playing a large hand in dictating who should partner together.
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