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our victory in the tournament was seemingly predestined
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Recent Examples of predestined
Rob Wolfe,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
Christo and Jeanne-Claude disregarded all threats of legal action, directing Running Fence to complete its predestined voyage into the sea.
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Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
Science, of course, struggles to prove whether that’s predestined in their genes, though some studies suggest that some tendency toward hoarding—put another way, collecting to excess—is heritable.
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Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
31 Mar. 2026
At the same time, nothing is predestined.
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Ray Dalio,
Fortune,
14 Mar. 2026
There’s a generic quality both to singer-songwriter Michaelson’s score (a combination of folk and Broadway pop) and to a romance that seems almost mystically predestined.
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Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
The Lionel Messi-Lamine Yamal connection For believers in the soccer gods, Lamine Yamal's ascent to the upper echelons of the sport could almost seem predestined with Lamine anointed by a Barça icon — Lionel Messi.
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Nathalie Sommer,
CBS News,
1 Dec. 2025
Ferrari Given his name, Adam Driver was seemingly predestined to play the man behind the world's most prestigious sports car.
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Hannah Kerns,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
In retrospect, Sumner seemed predestined to become a famous abolitionist lawyer.
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Rob Wolfe,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
Christo and Jeanne-Claude disregarded all threats of legal action, directing Running Fence to complete its predestined voyage into the sea.
—
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
There are nights in football when the outcome seems predestined.
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Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
Science, of course, struggles to prove whether that’s predestined in their genes, though some studies suggest that some tendency toward hoarding—put another way, collecting to excess—is heritable.
—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
31 Mar. 2026
At the same time, nothing is predestined.
—
Ray Dalio,
Fortune,
14 Mar. 2026
There’s a generic quality both to singer-songwriter Michaelson’s score (a combination of folk and Broadway pop) and to a romance that seems almost mystically predestined.
—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
The Lionel Messi-Lamine Yamal connection For believers in the soccer gods, Lamine Yamal's ascent to the upper echelons of the sport could almost seem predestined with Lamine anointed by a Barça icon — Lionel Messi.
—
Nathalie Sommer,
CBS News,
1 Dec. 2025
Ferrari Given his name, Adam Driver was seemingly predestined to play the man behind the world's most prestigious sports car.
—
Hannah Kerns,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predestined
Adjective
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On Thursday morning, one of the two landlord representatives, Christina Smyth, resigned, ripping the rent freeze as a predetermined conclusion the board had worked to justify.
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These vehicles are not fully autonomous, but independently follow a predetermined route.
Verb
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In Doral, volunteers at the nonprofit organization Global Empowerment Mission (GEM) have been working around the clock, filling boxes with supplies destined for Venezuela.
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The best opportunity came on another Norwegian corner kick when Torbjørn Heggem’s close-range shot looked destined for the back of the net before being blocked off the line by Ivory Coast midfielder Amad Diallo.
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.
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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.
Verb
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The Big West Conference on its athletics page announced the addition of Cal Baptist of Riverside, Sac State and Utah Valley into the Big West, which includes schools that do not field football as budget cuts doomed those programs years ago.
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My tenure in Cleveland was doomed by a lot more people than just be.
Adjective
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Be sure to cover your head and neck with your arms, and crawl under a sturdy table if possible.
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If stress builds, schedule a short stretch break and set softer deadlines where possible, because kindness to your body supports reliable output.
Adjective
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Verbeek also has lost four key defensemen — captain Radko Gudas, Jacob Trouba, John Carlson and Olen Zellweger — in the past month while adding only journeyman Nick Jensen as a probable replacement.
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Lowe’s matchup is arguably the best for hitting a home run on Saturday’s MLB slate, given the sample sizes of the probable pitchers.
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