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Recent Examples of determination His 'determination' has absolutely nothing to do with foreign policy. Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2025 McCarty has expressed support for exploring Pedro’s suggestion, saying fee determinations should be based on income and length of stay. Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2025 Other determinations have taken up to 21 months, according to NBER's website. Joey Garrison, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025 The committee considers several factors, when making its determinations, including real income, payroll employment, consumer spending, industrial production and gross domestic product. Joey Garrison, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for determination
Recent Examples of Synonyms for determination
Noun
  • On Saturday night in Mexico City, Brandon Moreno did enough in the judges’ eyes to win a unanimous decision over Steve Erceg in the main event of UFC Fight Night Mexico.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Netanyahu’s office said the decision to pave new roads meant only for Palestinians was based on security considerations that have increased during the war in the Gaza Strip.
    Tia Goldenberg, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Khan perceives social media as an essential tool for maintaining a connection with fans and gauging their opinions.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The movie's coming out, and everybody's free to make their own decisions on their opinion of me and the movie.
    Mike Miller, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The New York Times reported that since 2020, Musk has funded the charity with billions of dollars of tax-deductible stock donations but that the foundation has not given enough away to technically be eligible for this deduction.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
  • That means part of the medical expense deduction could be lost if your income is too low.
    Kate Dore, CFP®, EA, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • As the verdict was read, Way looked straight ahead.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The verdicts came after last month’s speech in which Lai condemned the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the harshest terms used by a Taiwanese leader in modern history.
    Eryk Michael Smith, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The remaining 60 percent is inference, where power consumption figures are less spectacular but add up over time.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Accounting For The Lack Of Human Cognitive Shortcuts One crucial but overlooked factor in AI bot training is the absence of human cognitive shortcuts—intuition, emotional inference and implicit understanding.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In recent years it's flown military planes over a corner of Taiwan’s air defense identification zone almost daily to signal its resolve.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
  • But, if Forest can hold on to the level of resolve that was typified by the young man from Sao Paulo in the 96th minute of the game, who knows where this journey will end.
    Paul Taylor, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • These are big conclusions to draw from so little playing time.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
  • This can complicate diagnosis and lead to inaccurate and potentially dangerous conclusions.
    Jack Hidary, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • This late-career emergence as an elite quarterback demonstrated both Gannon's persistence and the impact of finally finding the right organizational fit.
    Omaid Homayun, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Such persistence can pay off in the long run: civil society groups in Bangladesh, South Africa, and Sri Lanka eventually chased out corrupt politicians.
    Elizabeth David-Barrett, Foreign Affairs, 4 Apr. 2025

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“Determination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/determination. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.

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