preordain
verb
pre·or·dain
ˌprē-ȯr-ˈdān 
preordained; preordaining; preordains
: to decree or ordain in advance : foreordain
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my wife and I are such soulmates, I'm convinced that our marriage was preordained
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But the agentic future is not preordained.
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Marc Benioff, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
So the Instagram announcement yesterday about her engagement to her boyfriend of two years, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, felt existentially fitting, even preordained.
—Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2025
The idea of a hard partition between two ethno-religious states was not preordained.
—Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
The city can request a hearing, Braun’s letter said, but the outcome is preordained.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025
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Marc Benioff, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
So the Instagram announcement yesterday about her engagement to her boyfriend of two years, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, felt existentially fitting, even preordained.
—Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2025
The idea of a hard partition between two ethno-religious states was not preordained.
—Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
The city can request a hearing, Braun’s letter said, but the outcome is preordained.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for preordain
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“Preordain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preordain. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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