predestinating

verb

present participle of predestinate
as in predestining

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  1. predetermining
  2. predicting
  3. prophesying
  4. ordaining
  5. forecasting
  6. foretelling
  7. presaging
  8. dooming
Verb
  • The scheme involved pitchers allegedly predetermining the results of prop bets, as outlined in a 23-page indictment unsealed in November.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Definition of predetermining
Verb
  • Historians are generally better off interpreting the past than predicting the future.
    — Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026
  • From technological upheavals to an increasingly frenetic global trend cycle, industry leaders are constantly tasked with predicting what comes next — which is no small feat in 2026.
    — Sophie Lou Wilson, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of predicting
Verb
  • Hall was raised in large part by a single mother—who, perhaps prophesying her son’s eventual vocation in Hollywood, was named Annie Hall.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
  • She’s taken, perversely, with John the Baptist, imprisoned in a cistern and prophesying doom for the decadent, Godless heathens, Salome in particular.
    — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Definition of prophesying
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  • The church began ordaining women as priests in the 1980s, beginning with Lucia Okuthe of the diocese of Maseno South in 1983.
    — Stephanie TriplettAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The Vatican said dialogue was offered to the ​group ahead of the schism and that the step of ordaining ​bishops without ⁠church approval was considered so grave that excommunication was automatic.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 5 July 2026
Definition of ordaining
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  • This divergence reflects the difficulty of forecasting demand during the worst oil supply disruption in history.
    — Amena Bakr, semafor.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The immediate response should include recording how long ships have remained stationary, inspecting hulls, forecasting their first ports of call and expanding monitoring for nonnative species.
    — Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of forecasting
Verb
  • But the drama here feels too diagrammatic, foretelling a tragic fate from the first scene onward as everyone parties down like their lives depend on it.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
  • The Guardian similarly noted more than a dozen $100,000 bets on prediction markets foretelling the February air strikes on Iran, while The New York Times last month reported 150 bets of $1,000 or more predicting the start of the war.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Definition of foretelling
Verb
  • Yet the book is also about the disappearance of time and places, with summer’s end presaging more permanent losses.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • Andy Cohen was lost to the wormhole, presaging more losses to come.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 May 2026
Definition of presaging
Verb
  • Nuñez gave up a home run to Mike Yastrzemski in the seventh, and Austin Riley followed with one of his own, ultimately dooming the Mets.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • She’s lost Luke to Kronos, dooming them to fight on opposing sides of a war dividing the demigods.
    — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of dooming
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