dictate

In a sentence

Six example sentences with dictate, each labelled with its topic.

• The committee treated the old charter's dictates as binding, even where modern statutes had quietly overtaken them.

  Law

• She campaigned on following the dictates of her constituents rather than the instructions arriving from party headquarters.

  Politics

• Every window on the terrace obeys the dictates of the conservation board, down to the depth of the frames.

  Architecture

• The brand manual's dictates cover everything from logo spacing to the exact shade of blue on every delivery van.

  Business

• The ward follows the dictates of the infection protocol, so every visitor washes their hands at the door before entering.

  Medicine

• Her training plan's dictates were simple: three easy runs, one long one, and a full day off every week.

  Fitness

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More Academic words

• sanction
• ultimately
• overlapping
• technically
• revolutionary
• structural
• reinforced
• derivative
• variance
• confined
• presume
• eloquent