as in to ordain
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The largest Christian grouping in Lebanon is the Maronites, an eastern church that recognizes the authority of the pope and is part of the Catholic Church but has its own traditions, including allowing married men to be ordained as priests.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
26 Nov. 2025 -
Now 74, she was ordained as a minister in 2009.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
19 Nov. 2025
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China and Japan weren’t fated to become 21st century enemies.—
Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
2 June 2026
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Just fate, destiny, and divine plans.—
Selena Fragassi,
SPIN,
1 June 2026
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The comparison calls him back to his stable, structured past—a life as smoothly predetermined as a train gliding from station to station.—
Jacob Brogan,
The Atlantic,
11 June 2026
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Today’s gerrymandering wars are nothing other than an attempt by both parties to predetermine the outcome of elections.—
Frederic J. Fransen,
Boston Herald,
9 June 2026
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine, in February, 2022, was no more inevitable or foreordained than the U.S. invasion of Iraq, in 2003.—
Keith Gessen,
The New Yorker,
12 June 2023
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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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Dane Brugler of The Athletic predicted on December.—
Max Dible,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Dec. 2025
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The result is that the team's calculation predicts that time on Mars runs 477 microseconds per day faster, with a fluctuation of 266 microseconds that needs to be accounted for at any point in the year.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Dec. 2025
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Science, of course, struggles to prove whether that’s predestined in their genes, though some studies suggest that some tendency toward hoarding—put another way, collecting to excess—is heritable.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
31 Mar. 2026
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He was predestined for the role.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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Over the past 10 years, Punxsutawney Phil, the prognosticating groundhog, has gotten it right just three times.—
Mary Wasson,
Austin American Statesman,
2 Feb. 2026
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Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, meaning the prognosticating groundhog thinks there will be six more weeks of winter, much to the disappointment of the large crowd that gathered to watch him on Monday morning.—
Madeline Bartos,
CBS News,
2 Feb. 2026
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The New York Knicks pulled off the greatest comeback in NBA Finals history on Wednesday to go up 3-1 in a series that now seems destined to deliver them the first championship in over half a century.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
11 June 2026
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Images of that two-finger tap feel destined to adorn childhood bedrooms, subway cars and billboards for decades.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
11 June 2026
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