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Recent Examples of foreordain Wagner commented that in opera the orchestra should act as a medium of premonition, indicating what is foreordained but not yet foreseen. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024 Before anything else is said about Lana Del Rey’s new album, let it be noted that however well the record came out, it was foreordained to come in second among her artistic works of the past year. Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Mar. 2023 Pelosi is more than happy for additional evidence to be disclosed and for the Senate to call witnesses, even after the House has impeached and when the resolution of the trial is foreordained. Matthew Continetti, National Review, 17 Jan. 2020 The outcome was not foreordained, for either Bork or Mr. Biden. Alexander Burns, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2019 The 41st president, who couldn’t always get his sentences straight, wasn’t foreordained for history’s hall of fame. Josef Joffe, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2018 Aster piles on the personal confrontations and emotional breakdowns, but compounds them with unnerving new hauntings, all the way up to an ending that feels foreordained, but still shattering. Tasha Robinson, The Verge, 8 June 2018
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Verb
  • The country is also the leading global exporter of tractor trucks, 95% of which are destined for the United States.
    Reuters, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Pope, Vince Panero and Ashley Hollis — destined for the Final 3?
    Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Qualified people who could be priests except for archaic laws that no longer serve us continue to wait to be invited into the ranks of those who have been ordained.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
  • The move also contrasts with Pope Francis, who said no to moving into the papal apartments when he was ordained in 2013, choosing instead a Vatican guesthouse.
    Greg Wehner , Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Rebels could be brutal, even with all the discretion shots in the world, and it should be applauded for its dedication to showing a galaxy far, far away that feels doomed to remain fallen.
    Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Following a Keller field goal, the Chargers were on the march again, but a fumble at the Keller eight yard line doomed the drive.
    Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • At long last, two characters find their way back to each other — but what hand will fate deal them next?
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Harold Hardrada, fated to become the last Anglo-Saxon King of England, has serious family issues.
    Will Collins, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025

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“Foreordain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreordain. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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