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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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Israel hits Lebanon, orders people to leave villages Roads in southern Lebanon and leading out of Beirut’s southern suburbs were gridlocked early Monday with people fleeing after Israel launched a barrage of strikes in retaliation for missiles launched across the border by Hezbollah.—
BRIAN MELLEY,
Austin American Statesman,
1 Mar. 2026 -
And once someone orders something, that reinstates the account to a fully active status.—
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2026
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Rumyantsev’s Joseph in Nirvana, 2026, enacts this tidal project through a parafictional installation about the persistent cult of Stalin in Tajikistan, whose capital was named Stalinabad until 1961.—
Anel Rakhimzhanova,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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What Senate Bill 1 says about citizenship Senate Bill 1 makes changes to state law that comply with the new federal law and enacts several layers of reporting non-citizens to the federal government.—
Kayla Dwyer,
IndyStar,
5 Feb. 2026
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This leads to the fracture in Catherine and Heathcliff's relationship that dooms them all to ruin.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
13 Feb. 2026
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Without that sense of desperate loneliness, what dooms Frankenstein and the Creature to their deaths?—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 Nov. 2025
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Afghanistan’s Sharia Law also dictates that a woman’s testimony is worth half that of a man.—
Mick Krever,
CNN Money,
1 Mar. 2026
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Size of predator usually matches size of prey In the animal kingdom, size usually dictates strategy.—
Leonie Baier,
The Conversation,
27 Feb. 2026
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Locals clamor after day passes to the rooftop pool in the summer—a way to cosplay as a European jetsetter for the afternoon—and reservations for heated igloos in the winter.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Mar. 2026
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More than 20% of the daily global oil supply passes through the strait and already a half a dozen cargo shipping companies have halted vessels headed to the waterway, raising concerns of wider supply chain issues in the coming weeks.—
Yarden Segev,
NBC news,
1 Mar. 2026
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The suit, filed in Jackson County Circuit Court last week, requests a jury trial.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
4 Mar. 2026
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According to data cited in the original ruling, at least 598 of the state’s 1,000 school systems have policies restricting what parents can be told about their child’s gender expression at school — if the child requests confidentiality.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Ordains.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ordains. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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