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Recent Examples of foreordain The Russian invasion of Ukraine, in February, 2022, was no more inevitable or foreordained than the U.S. invasion of Iraq, in 2003. Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023 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 This is hardly foreordained, especially if the U.S. reasserts itself on the global stage and rallies like-minded nations against the revisionists. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2017 Egypt’s slide back into authoritarianism wasn’t foreordained. Joshua Hammer, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreordain
Verb
  • Although teams like the Toronto Blue Jays, Los Angeles Angels, and Seattle Mariners could still make sense for Alonso, he seems destined to remain in Queens.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Punxsutawney Phil woke up on Sunday and saw his shadow, meaning we are destined for six more weeks of winter, according to legend.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Buchanan long had been an advocate for allowing ordaining gay and lesbian clergy.
    Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Wilson, 27, was the one to marry the couple, as she is ordained through the Universal Life Church.
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Perhaps possible future initiatives will be doomed to fail as well, but for now, better to be prepared for anything.
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 1 Feb. 2025
  • As Guy Fawkes walked to the gallows on January 31, 1606, doomed to execution for his part in an unsuccessful attempt to blow up London’s Houses of Parliament, no one knew just what was going through his mind.
    Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • What’s occurred so far, however, isn’t necessarily fated over the balance of the campaign.
    Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Millions of lives were affected, the politics of the Midwest grew more embittered, and none of it was fated.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2025

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