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as in predetermined
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as in perceived
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preconceived
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The characters in this novel are forced to live in a neoliberal world where their powerlessness is already predetermined, and they’re ignored by society and told to just keep on living.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Mar. 2026 -
When critical decisions occur outside public view, victims who gather the courage to appear in court often feel their voices no longer matter when the result appears predetermined.—
Keith Wortz,
Hartford Courant,
13 Mar. 2026
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This is going to be perceived as a sexist rip on women’s basketball.—
Mac Engel
March 31,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Mar. 2026
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Yet sometimes a pullback needs the former leadership groups and perceived safe havens to buckle before things run their course.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
30 Mar. 2026
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At the time, few could have imagined the path ahead.—
Cody J Martinez,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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Another thing Theresa DeMaria couldn’t have imagined in her 20s?—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
26 Mar. 2026
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Will this year’s Oscar awards be another fait accompli, a bloated snoozer that’s as boring and seemingly preordained as this year’s Super Bowl?—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
9 Mar. 2026
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Some might assume that Gooding’s Hollywood career was preordained.—
Juliana Ukiomogbe,
InStyle,
3 Mar. 2026
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Aaron thought about writing an op-ed or speaking at a rally, but such gestures struck him as painfully insufficient.—
Oriana van Praag,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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True or not, many fellow lawmakers thought that was for those communities to decide.—
Mark Dee
March 28,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Mar. 2026
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At the same time, nothing is predestined.—
Ray Dalio,
Fortune,
14 Mar. 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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Scientists have carried out an unusual test to determine whether a child could be conceived in space.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Mar. 2026
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When sperms managed to reach the eggs, the ensuing early-stage embryos, called blastocysts, initially appeared stronger than their counterparts conceived in gravity.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
27 Mar. 2026
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Above and beyond the meals destined for the food bank, Mertz uses her own resources to create some for residents at a nearby senior citizen community who do not have the means to cook for themselves.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
27 Mar. 2026
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Choi then went on to win her FIS World Cup debut as a 15-year-old at Copper Mountain in December 2023, seemingly destined to make even more history at such an early age.—
Gawon Bae,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Preconceived.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preconceived. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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