dictate
verb (used with object)
to say or read (something) aloud for another person to transcribe or for a machine to record.
has been dictating
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present perfect progressiveof dictate (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Indeed, as Justice Stephanie F. Stacy wrote in concurrence, the state Legislature has been dictating the process of reenfranchisement since 1875, when the current constitution was ratified.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2024
The words he has been dictating have been life-affirming, dark, funny and alive to his reality.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2023
And things are going to be brought along at a deliberate pace, in deference to the COVID-19 pandemic which has been dictating the schedule of just about every sports entity on the planet.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 20, 2020
It was Laura Dern, longtime performer in David Lynch’s work who here plays the hitherto unseen FBI woman to whom agent Cooper has been dictating his reports all these years.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 12, 2017
He has been dictating letters, but he stops and stares out of the window.
From A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago by Hecht, Ben
