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
  • Many climate scientists are predicting that 2027 — because of pent up heat — will break the 2024 global high temperature record set by the last strong El Nino.
    — Seth Borenstein, Fortune, 9 July 2026
  • This independence from linear order is incompatible with an LLM’s fundamental purpose of predicting the next value in a linear sequence.
    — Benjamin Skuse, IEEE Spectrum, 9 July 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
Verb
  • 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
  • Although Anglican churches in the United States, Canada, Hong Kong, and New Zealand began ordaining women as priests as early as the 1970s, the Church of Nigeria resisted such developments.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
Definition of ordaining
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  • Finance chiefs are now expected to quantify AI’s impact on performance, from customer operations to forecasting, while also helping lead adoption, West explained.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 13 July 2026
  • United States Fall 2026 Temperature Predictions Overall, The Old Farmer’s Almanac is forecasting a warmer-than-usual autumn for the interior of the United States, from the Northern Plains through the Heartland and into the Deep South.
    — Molly Burford, Southern Living, 10 July 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
  • Vibrations from earth-moving equipment could have triggered further collapses, possibly dooming Gil — and his would-be rescuers.
    — Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • The Philadelphia Phillies slugger did exactly that in the second inning with two on and two out, taking a 92 MPH fastball 418 feet into the right field seats, dooming the Mets in a 6-2 loss Sunday night.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 22 June 2026
Definition of dooming
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