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as in destines
to determine the fate of in advance
he is stoic in the face of adversity, bolstered by his faith that everything in life has been ordained by a higher power
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as in orders
to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority
a new bill that would ordain the funding of public schools through state lottery revenues
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as in enacts
to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action
the founders of the African republic ordained a form of government that was closely modeled on that of the United States
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Continue reading … ORDER FROM THE COURT – Georgia judge orders Fani Willis to redo search for records in Trump election case.—
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FOXNews.com,
3 Sep. 2025 -
As the documentary depicts through footage of the rescue efforts, all of those outside tensions make the two rescue parties reluctant to work together, until the government orders the special forces team to use the indigenous search party’s knowledge of the forest in their favor.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
1 Sep. 2025
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Commissioners’ closest vote involved the portion of the budget legislation that enacts a less than 1% increase in household trash fees.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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The rule also increases the maximum annual cost-sharing limitation and enacts stricter income-verification measures.—
Joseph Choi,
The Hill,
2 July 2025
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This potentially dooms them to 48 hours in the nearest town.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
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Despite concerns that failure to be in the blue reading group in first grade dooms a child’s adult options to a career in coal mining (or worse, a lesser UC), both have been completely self-supporting (and not in the coal-mining industry) since graduating from college.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Aug. 2025
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Common sense dictates that Marlowe simply kept his head down for a few hundred years, went to Memphis, and popped up as Elvis Presley.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Additionally, the law dictates that state scholarship funding used in high school for more than 29 credit hours will reduce the Arkansas Access to Acceleration scholarship funding that's available to students after high school.—
Edward McKinnon,
Arkansas Online,
4 Sep. 2025
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The law imposes a 25-cent tax on each online sports bet, rising to 50 cents once a sportsbook passes 20 million wagers in a fiscal year.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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As time passes, the Russians deny any involvement.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
2 Sep. 2025
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The filing doesn’t specify how much money the woman is seeking in damages and requests a jury trial.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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The complaint requests a jury trial.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Ordains.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ordains. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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