Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predestinated
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Ferrari Given his name, Adam Driver was seemingly predestined to play the man behind the world's most prestigious sports car.—
Hannah Kerns,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Other lines record the sale of the first wristwatch to the Queen of Naples and a pocket watch thought to have been destined for Marie Antoinette.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
8 Nov. 2025
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The 49ers were 1-8 under Chip Kelly, destined for a 2-14 season that would lead to the hiring of coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
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When the destination is predetermined, the journey matters that much more.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
23 Oct. 2025
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Without a fair and open bidding process, potential competitors may not even submit bids, believing the outcome is predetermined.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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Prevost was ordained the next June.—
Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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Tips for a Brazil Road Trip Divinely ordained or not, our journey left its mark.—
María Cristina Lalonde,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Dec. 2025
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But 36–23 still taunts and tantalizes us, a magical missing score that reminds every Scorigami devotee that what’s possible isn’t preordained.—
Josh Levin,
The Atlantic,
5 Dec. 2025
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Fans may respond as if the song is preordained; the results of the storyline are not.—
Tom Roland,
Billboard,
12 Nov. 2025
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But if Republican primary voters don’t learn from history, they are doomed to a future of defeat after defeat.—
Paul Miller,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
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Before long the guano was exhausted, and soil depletion doomed the commercial farms.—
Henry Wismayer,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Jan. 2026
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Who is predicted to win the Eagles-49ers?—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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In the ensuing decade, Wedding would follow a path few could have predicted.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
10 Jan. 2026
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The downside, Xie says, is that productivity-enhancing technology is deflationary — doubly so in China where any sector prioritized by the state is fated toward involution.—
Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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Exceptionalism but for being something worse than cursed—fated, maybe—for a specific brand of suffering.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Predestinated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predestinated. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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