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predestinated

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Awaiting in a World Cup semifinal is France, a team that has looked almost predestined to raise another World Cup trophy.

— Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 11 July 2026
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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Originally cast in 2023 as a contestant for the K-pop reality show that formed Katseye, she was booted out early partly because—despite becoming a fan favorite in Netflix’s subsequent docuseries—the judges sensed she was destined for solo stardom.

— Liam Hess, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2026
But unless and until Starship demonstrates Falcon 9–like reliability, SpaceX’s shift away from its current mainstay seems destined to produce major ripple effects across the space industry, affecting numerous customers.

— Ramin Skibba, Scientific American, 4 Nov. 2026

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The most successful transition is not necessarily one where every decision is predetermined.

— Elie Nour, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
After all, at the Academy Museum Gala, the few prizes awarded are predetermined and the pressure is off for everyone else.

— Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 18 Oct. 2026

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Annie is the latest in a line of women, some 300 in all, scattered across the United States and in at least nine other countries, who in the last two decades have defied the Catholic Church to be ordained as deacons, priests and bishops.

— Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
He was ordained in 2018 after studies at the University of Dallas and Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026

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So when she was approached by an editor at Batsford Books with a proposal to write a book on Prada, it felt preordained.

— Irene Kim, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2026
The old lanes of gossip dissemination, like tabloid journalism and celebrity-interest television, are largely obsolete now, eliminating the need for gatekeepers and preordained authors of cultural fiction.

— Ivy Wolk, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026

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Those are the type of numbers that doomed the Sixers for most of the last 10 years.

— CBS News, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2026
And writer Faran Krentcil digs through her dating and designer past to find out whether a partner’s dislike of your fashion sense means the relationship is doomed from the start.

— InStyle, InStyle, 24 Oct. 2026

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Many outsiders predicted this would be a breakout season for Jim Harbaugh, in his third season as head coach.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
New medicines, technologies and entire industries emerge from research with applications that often could not have been predicted at the outset.

— Carole LaBonne, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of predicted

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His prescription, however, was fated to fall wide of the mark.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
As Godard portrayed it, the Greek epic was almost fated to attract and stump the most ambitious directors of our time, something that The New Yorker recently explored on the eve of Christopher Nolan’s adaptation.

— Radhika Seth, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026

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