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The success of Hayes’ business — Ideas Marketing — is largely predicated on the success of other businesses in the area.
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The Detroit News, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
Succeeding in the postseason is often predicated on properly navigating opposing lineups — on ensuring the most dangerous players are seldom in position to break the game open.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
Bhattacharya’s call for a full review of NIH research and training is predicated on an impossible, and ironic, standard.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2025
California’s juvenile justice system is predicated on the belief that juvenile offenders can, with very few exceptions, be rehabilitated by their twenty-fifth birthdays.
—Steve Smith, Oc Register, 17 Aug. 2025
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The Detroit News, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
Succeeding in the postseason is often predicated on properly navigating opposing lineups — on ensuring the most dangerous players are seldom in position to break the game open.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
Bhattacharya’s call for a full review of NIH research and training is predicated on an impossible, and ironic, standard.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2025
California’s juvenile justice system is predicated on the belief that juvenile offenders can, with very few exceptions, be rehabilitated by their twenty-fifth birthdays.
—Steve Smith, Oc Register, 17 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predicate
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Officially, it’s based on the books only, but everything from the aesthetic to the orchestral score bears the fingerprints of CD Projekt RED’s far superior games.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Battery systems based on it are also potentially safer (less prone to thermal runaway, may handle punctures better).—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Predicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predicate. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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