as in to ordain
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Pastor Harris, a later-in-life pastor, became ordained by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America at 60.—
Daily News,
Daily News,
21 Jan. 2026 -
Indiana, formerly of Orland Park, took a trip to El Salvador with Hicks before Hicks was ordained as a priest in 1994.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
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The plot explores fate and reality and how one moment in someone’s life can completely alter its future direction.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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Henry seems to interpret this as a reinforcement of the Commander’s prophecy—that he, too, is fated to kill himself on his 40th birthday.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
19 Jan. 2026
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The outcome feels predetermined.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Pricing is predetermined by TaskEasy using public property details and the consumer’s description of the job that needs to be done.—
Kathy Kristof,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Jan. 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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The increasing demand could raise costs for residential ratepayers by 8% a 2025 study conducted by Carnegie Mellon University predicted.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
25 Jan. 2026
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The space community predicts paths of reentering space debris based on measurements from a global network of radars and optical telescopes.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
24 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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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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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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Discussing artificial intelligence, which should prove a major driver of the automation side of the business going forward, Kapur said that Honeywell has the data across industries needed to train AIs destined for an oil refinery, or a life sciences facility, or a hospital.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
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After seeming destined for relegation all season, West Ham United has suddenly found winning form.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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