dictations

noun

plural of dictation
as in instructions
arbitrary command The populace began to protest against the dictation of the occupying government

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  1. instructions
  2. rules
  3. directions
  4. prohibitions
Noun
  • Synthetic mRNA delivers the instructions on these specific targets, allowing the body to present them to immune cells.
    — Mike McRae October 25, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Believing her daughter’s life was on the line, Del Mastro followed the caller’s instructions for five hours.
    — Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of instructions
Noun
  • All three said West Point appears to be circumventing the judge's ruling by using a different justification to continue to enforce its speech rules.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
  • This exploits a loophole in the government's fiscal rules, as money given to these institutions does not count as extra borrowing.
    — Ian King, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of rules
Noun
  • Today, the traffic in innovation is beginning to move in multiple directions.
    — Ruby Wang, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026
  • What’s happening Yardzen’s report flags the Party Patio as one of eight dominant directions heading into next year.
    — Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of directions
Noun
  • These young people have defied prohibitions on protest, breached draconian security clampdowns, and endured detentions to relentlessly question the government’s authority.
    — Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026
  • In 2011, former President Barack Obama signed a law removing wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains from the endangered species list, a change that removed federal prohibitions on killing or harassing them in that region.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of prohibitions
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