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Dictating into Procore’s AI tool lets Minneapolis-based Mortenson’s superintendents record their daily logs while they drive around a project site, said Gene Hodge, the construction firm’s vice president of innovation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

Dictating his life story into a reel-to-reel tape recorder, the now-aged Mann details life with Elder John, his romance with a consumptive patient and a decision he will make that irreversibly alters the local landscape.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2022

Dictating play from the start, Medvedev improved to 9-0 at the ATP Finals since going 0-3 in his 2019 debut.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2021

Dictating our distance from other humans is a rule of thumb that defines “close contact”: If you’re within 6 feet of someone for more than 15 minutes, it’s potentially dangerous.

From Slate • Sep. 30, 2020

Dictating to me as if he had the right!”

From The Fate of Felix Brand by Kelly, Florence Finch