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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
dictate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective determined or decided upon as by an authority
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Then i thought screw this why should i let a label dictated who i can and cant like.
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The experts also advocated adoption of a distinct capital spending plan for transportation, empowering state and local governments with authority to make choices now dictated from the federal level, continued development of high-speed rail systems better integrated with freight rail transportation, and expansion of intermodal policies rather than reliance on highways alone to move goods and people.
Failing U.S. transportation system will imperil prosperity, report finds Ashley Halsey III 2010
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The experts also advocated adoption of a distinct capital spending plan for transportation, empowering state and local governments with authority to make choices now dictated from the federal level, continued development of high-speed rail systems better integrated with freight rail transportation, and expansion of intermodal policies rather than reliance on highways alone to move goods and people.
Failing U.S. transportation system will imperil prosperity, report finds Ashley Halsey III 2010
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The experts also advocated adoption of a distinct capital spending plan for transportation, empowering state and local governments with authority to make choices now dictated from the federal level, continued development of high-speed rail systems better integrated with freight rail transportation, and expansion of intermodal policies rather than reliance on highways alone to move goods and people.
Failing U.S. transportation system will imperil prosperity, report finds Ashley Halsey III 2010
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If we are to believe the Fashion Diva in The Devil Wears Prada, fashion -- even the clothes that ordinary people wear -- is dictated from the top down.
Archive 2008-02-01 Linda 2008
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If we are to believe the Fashion Diva in The Devil Wears Prada, fashion -- even the clothes that ordinary people wear -- is dictated from the top down.
Fashion and Quilting: Two Roads Linda 2008
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What I can say, though, it is that the calls dictated a clear path one way or the other for the teams on the field.
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What I can say, though, it is that the calls dictated a clear path one way or the other for the teams on the field.
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Today nearly all, more than 90% of poultry growers, survive on the terms dictated in unfair production contracts crafted by the likes of Tyson, Perdue and Pilgrim's Pride.
Dave Murphy: Farmers Look for Justice in the Poultry Industry 2010
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So much is now dictated from the EU, WHO and UN, globalisation dictates the state of the world economy more than ever too.
Poltical Language ( Ask the Focus Group ) Newmania 2007
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