Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predestinated
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There are nights in football when the outcome seems predestined.
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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.
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These 5-inch shorts are destined to become a summer wardrobe staple thanks to their 100 percent nylon material, which repels water and stains.
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Indeed, anything created so close to a black hole’s event horizon seems almost destined to fall victim to its immense gravity.
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The path for Andersson isn’t predetermined; there is a range of outcomes for how his next deal could age.
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In a tent along Oak Street, predetermined, non-color designs can be selected and tattooed by local artists.
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After the war, he was ordained and served as a minister at the Steele Creek Presbyterian Church from 1804 until his death in 1827.
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In 1962, Lazowski was ordained and served as the spiritual leader of Beth Shalom Synagogue in Hartford until 1969.
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Given the slow start to his pro career, a spot at the World Cup, never mind the starting nod, was far from preordained.
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The purchase seems preordained, given that both Gert-Jan and Corinne, like Pascon and Boccara, are lively and curious intellectuals.
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The bill has already passed the House but would otherwise almost certainly be doomed in the upper chamber due to Republicans’ razor-thin majority.
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Argentina were dysfunctional and doomed.
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On the other side of the supply-and-demand scale, consumers’ appetite for oil fell substantially more over the past few months than just about anyone predicted.
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Syria was always an aspiration, but few could have predicted how quickly the Assad regime would collapse or how rapidly the country would shift from an Iran-Russia orbit toward one increasingly aligned with the West and Gulf states.
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When Solow died in 2020, Soloviev knew he was fated to take over the business.
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So it was all very fated in that sense.
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“Predestinated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predestinated. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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