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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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Is McGraw destined to become the next Jesse Davis, or Nik Needham, the last two Dolphins players elevated from the practice squad to became multiseason starters for the franchise?

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
Wright, however, seems destined to score on a kickoff return.

— Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 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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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
The connections among them, in other words, are organic rather than preordained.

— David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

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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
Those feelings shift and change with age, trending from excitement to doomed from the age range of 10-13 to 19-24.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026

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However, any sense that the ceasefire might yield wider progress in the war was tempered by Russian missile strikes on other cities ahead of what is predicted to be a bitter winter for Ukraine.

— Alexander Smith, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2026
What few could have predicted was that Cox would debut a whole album’s worth of all-new material.

— Walden Green, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2026

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City leaders never expected Sunrise Mall was fated for a sports complex, but that ethos — of being flexible and pitching the city to fill gaps in the market — will help bring in new businesses, Middleton said.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
His path toward becoming a designer was weird, but probably fated if what happened next was any indication.

— Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

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