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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 a text, as opposed to putting it down on paper, “is a completely different cadence, different rhythms,” Porzak said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 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

In Munkacsy's “Milton Dictating to His Daughters,” the broad white collar of the poet contrasted with his black velvet suit, is well balanced and distributed by the medium tones of the three dresses.

From Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures by Poore, Henry Rankin