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as in predetermined
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as in perceived
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People can sense when decisions are predetermined.—
Garrett Lucien,
New York Daily News,
16 Feb. 2026 -
When the amount of money going to both sides is predetermined, the issues are distributional.—
Evan Drellich,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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Despite our real or perceived differences, Baltimore City and Baltimore County are bound together across critical dimensions, including transit, housing, economic development and public safety.—
Zac Blanchard,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Feb. 2026
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At the time, bank bailouts, accompanied by emergency measures from central banks, eventually restored calm to the financial markets, but that didn’t curb the public anger at the bankers, who were rightly perceived to be in a no-lose position.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2026
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My father imagined a future for his family in a country where the rule of law mattered and people had THE freedom to speak their truth.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Feb. 2026
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The aesthetic was likely imagined and brought to life by Oakley-Green herself, as her stylist Karen Clarkson has yet to credit the hair artist on her glam team.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Sports are inherently fraught with tension, but some seem preordained to it more than others.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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And there again Tuesday morning stood those four teams in the current East play-in bracket, as if preordained to have to fight their way into the playoffs through the pre-playoffs.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Jan. 2026
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Lunar rocks and soil offered novel insights into the moon’s origin and composition, and more recent analysis of previously untouched Apollo samples, as well as samples retrieved by robotic missions, revealed the surprising discovery of water trapped in rocks thought to be bone-dry.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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Police had earlier ruled out the man as a possible suspect because he was thought to have been jailed at the time of the homicide.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Feb. 2026
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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
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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
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Today, its suites are divided between the Sands Collection, whose refreshed family collection is particularly well conceived, and the Paiza Collection.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026
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She and Arthur's four other children were conceived using an anonymous egg donor and a gestational surrogate.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
21 Feb. 2026
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The exhibit blends artifacts destined for the permanent hall with a walk through Shawn Edwards’ 25-year career as a film critic.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
21 Feb. 2026
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Both teams are destined for this year’s lottery, Utah for the fourth straight year.—
Mike Curtis,
Dallas Morning News,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Preconceived.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preconceived. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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