Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predestinated
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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 -
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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This is destined to bring serious trouble to healthcare in Connecticut.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
7 Feb. 2026
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Brown was a five-star running back destined for the University of Georgia back then in the early 2000s, his mind focused on the Bulldogs and the NFL.—
D. Orlando Ledbetter,
AJC.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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Some items now available at the fest, which began Jan 30, will go away at a predetermined (and published) date, replaced by other items that will, in turn, be bumped for a third option.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2026
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The outcome is essentially predetermined, having been set behind closed doors by party insiders weeks before ballots are cast.—
Grace Rauh,
New York Daily News,
3 Feb. 2026
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There is nothing divinely ordained here.—
Carter Dougherty,
Mercury News,
7 Feb. 2026
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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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And there again Tuesday morning stood those four teams in the current East play-in bracket, as if preordained to have to fight their way into the playoffs through the pre-playoffs.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Jan. 2026
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The forward march of East Asian animation from pop celebration to prestige recognition is not preordained.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Jan. 2026
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Edwards would probably have loved a few more new faces, but attracting them to a club already doomed to relegation was tricky.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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For here was a gay man doomed by his failure to recognize that the courtroom was a different kind of stage, one where flamboyant insouciance would bring disaster rather than applause.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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Johnston predicted that, within 10 years, all new AI data centers will be in orbit, which could also solve the growing backlash to AI data center construction.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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The Olympics break is here and few could have predicted before the season where the Toronto Maple Leafs now find themselves.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Could Sharks-Hawks be hockey’s next great rivalry, fated to meet in the Western Conference final time and time again?—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 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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“Predestinated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predestinated. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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