as in to ordain
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There is nothing divinely ordained here.—
Carter Dougherty,
Mercury News,
7 Feb. 2026 -
Hicks was ordained as a priest May 21, 1994, in the Archdiocese of Chicago.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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Whatever happens after that is up to fate and the basketball gods.—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Born in the small town of Mallard, Louisiana, a set of identical twins are fated for opposite lives.—
Amanda Favazza,
Southern Living,
6 Feb. 2026
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People can sense when decisions are predetermined.—
Garrett Lucien,
New York Daily News,
16 Feb. 2026
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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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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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Longitudinal studies across diverse populations will be needed to assess whether shifts in the oral microbiome can predict future weight gain, insulin resistance, or cardiometabolic decline, and perhaps most excitingly, whether modifying one's oral ecosystem alters systemic metabolic markers.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
14 Feb. 2026
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Huntington predicted that a new conflict would rage after the demise of Communism.—
Josef Joffe,
The Atlantic,
14 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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The new rule of thumb when prognosticating about the NBA trade deadline is to never say never — Luka Doncic is a Los Angeles Laker now — but the Nuggets are just too good to mess around with their playoff rotation over a tax bill.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
1 Feb. 2026
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Ahead, plastic surgeons prognosticate on the treatments that will fizzle out, gain steam, or even revel in a rebrand.—
Jolene Edgar,
Allure,
11 Dec. 2025
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The fossils are destined for the Museum of the River, a pioneering zero-energy facility currently under construction in Niamey, the capital.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Feb. 2026
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The team appears destined for another year in the NBA draft lottery.—
Mike Curtis,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Feb. 2026
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