as in to ordain
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Prevost was ordained the next June.—
Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026 -
Tips for a Brazil Road Trip Divinely ordained or not, our journey left its mark.—
María Cristina Lalonde,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Dec. 2025
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Exceptionalism but for being something worse than cursed—fated, maybe—for a specific brand of suffering.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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Born in 1947, Rob Reiner was, of course, the son of comedy legend Carl Reiner, and seemingly fated by lineage for sitcom fame.—
Thomas Doherty,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Dec. 2025
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But all of these interactions were quickly imbued with a set, predetermined meaning.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
18 Dec. 2025
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And in an outcome that felt predetermined, Jasmine won the final despite coming in third in the technical, a madeleine-tower challenge.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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Wagner commented that in opera the orchestra should act as a medium of premonition, indicating what is foreordained but not yet foreseen.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
7 Oct. 2024
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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
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Then, another cold front is predicted to return this weekend — dropping temperatures back down quite rapidly.—
Ray Padilla,
Louisville Courier Journal,
7 Jan. 2026
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The world's largest economy weathered the shocks of 2025 better than most pundits predicted.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Jan. 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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Every year there’s at least one rising artist who gets a substantially bigger bonanza of nominations than anyone had prognosticated, and this year that artist is Leon Thomas.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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But when prognosticating their trajectory for this season, keep in mind the sobering reality: Wemby is not playing that well.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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Listen now to hear more about this month’s bake that is destined to wow!—
Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
9 Jan. 2026
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That Disneyland was destined to be the biggest bust in Hollywood history.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Predestinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predestinate. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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