as in based
to find a basis
she has predicated her theory on recent findings by other astronomers
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Recent Examples of predicated
Outie Mark’s concept of the world is predicated on the belief that Innie Mark is a brief and regrettable blip, and when Innie Mark starts pushing back, Outie Mark can barely summon the patience to hear him out.
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
Wasting no time, the cofounders have already enlisted ten of LA’s leading residential architecture firms and challenged each to design a distinctive house predicated on the principles of modesty in scale, energy and construction efficiency, and climate resiliency.
—Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 27 Mar. 2025
Their success wasn’t predicated on a single big idea, but on a disciplined approach to trial and error—many errors.
—Mark Nevins, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Bar did not attend the cabinet meeting but in a letter sent to ministers said the process around his firing did not comply with rules and his dismissal was predicated on baseless claims.
—Reuters, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
Wasting no time, the cofounders have already enlisted ten of LA’s leading residential architecture firms and challenged each to design a distinctive house predicated on the principles of modesty in scale, energy and construction efficiency, and climate resiliency.
—Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 27 Mar. 2025
Their success wasn’t predicated on a single big idea, but on a disciplined approach to trial and error—many errors.
—Mark Nevins, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Bar did not attend the cabinet meeting but in a letter sent to ministers said the process around his firing did not comply with rules and his dismissal was predicated on baseless claims.
—Reuters, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Predicated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predicated. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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