as in preordained
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as in destined
to determine the fate of in advance
religious sects that believe that an individual's salvation has been predetermined by God
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Recent Examples of predetermined
Rachel Raposas, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024
Prescribed processes and predetermined outcomes, rinsed and repeated, with no space for anyone to think, feel or behave differently.
—Lauren Coulman, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
The complaint, filed in a federal court in Austin, alleges that Musk falsely claimed the PAC would choose sweepstakes winners randomly when the selections were, in fact, predetermined.
—Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 5 Nov. 2024
Looking back, my fall from grace was almost predetermined.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2024
How menopause affects you depends partially on genetics, so the intensity of your symptoms is to some degree predetermined.
—Valerie Monroe, Allure, 17 Oct. 2024
Choosing Their Own Career Path Increases Engagement Most organizations have predetermined career paths for employees in alignment with their department’s goals.
—Kate Wieczorek, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
By the finale, the choices our main trio make feel inevitable, almost predetermined.
—Zachary Siegel, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
Such jobs generally have predetermined routes, while taxi and ambulance drivers must quickly determine new routes many times a day.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024
Prescribed processes and predetermined outcomes, rinsed and repeated, with no space for anyone to think, feel or behave differently.
—Lauren Coulman, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
The complaint, filed in a federal court in Austin, alleges that Musk falsely claimed the PAC would choose sweepstakes winners randomly when the selections were, in fact, predetermined.
—Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 5 Nov. 2024
Looking back, my fall from grace was almost predetermined.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2024
How menopause affects you depends partially on genetics, so the intensity of your symptoms is to some degree predetermined.
—Valerie Monroe, Allure, 17 Oct. 2024
Choosing Their Own Career Path Increases Engagement Most organizations have predetermined career paths for employees in alignment with their department’s goals.
—Kate Wieczorek, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
By the finale, the choices our main trio make feel inevitable, almost predetermined.
—Zachary Siegel, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predetermined
Verb
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The Olympics had seemed almost destined for Wedding.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
4 Jan. 2025
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But my favourite writer was destined to become a movie star.—
hazlitt.net,
hazlitt.net,
4 Jan. 2025
Verb
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By design, these committees are doomed to fail.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Dec. 2024
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Bieber lost for the year The Guardians’ season felt doomed even before their home opener when ace Shane Bieber was lost for the year to Tommy John surgery on his right elbow.—
Jason Lloyd,
The Athletic,
29 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Council averaged 37 minutes per game and actually was on the floor for 92.5% of all possible minutes for the Bonnies, who finished the season with a 22-12 record.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2025
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Fans began speculating about a possible Thug album dropping later that night.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In Europe, projections showed a probable increase in Ambrosia—or ragweed pollen—also linked to rising temperatures.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
9 Apr. 2025
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The presence of at least six US B-2 stealth bombers in the Indian Ocean and a second aircraft carrier in the Middle East only fueled speculation in Israel that a strike was not only possible, but increasingly probable.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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What unfolds next is both foreordained and unpredictable: a performance superficially the same as any other rendition of the same score, but also profoundly different — wondrous, perhaps, or merely rote.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
16 Oct. 2024
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The film is a tragedy in which everything comes out right: Coppola builds his protagonist’s absurd overreach into a foreordained happy ending, and the movie itself is a happy outcome from the very start.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2024
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“Predetermined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predetermined. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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