predestinating

present participle of predestinate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predestinating
Verb
  • Explore Fall, a website that provides resources and tools to track the changing colors of leaves, is predicting an earlier and quicker fall foliage peak for the millions of people looking to see this year's natural spectacle.
    Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Going to half yearly reporting might potentially lead to even more trading by hedge funds who are more interested in predicting near term stock price changes rather than long term fundamentals.
    Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Houthis are led by a family of clerical megalomaniacs who have been prophesying apocalyptic war since the early 2000s.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • National Weather Service meteorologists consider forecasting waterspouts during the late summer and fall whenever large, cool air masses overspread the waters of the Great Lakes.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • AccuWeather, in contrast, is forecasting vibrant colors across much of the region.
    Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Every day there are LinkedIn posts, as well as Forbes, NYT, and WSJ articles about the massive capital reallocation by customers and investors to AI from SaaS, foretelling the end of SaaS.
    Barry Libert, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • An optimist would read the internal market action in recent weeks as foretelling an early-cycle reacceleration/reflation dynamic setting up.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The vote was conducted by secret ballot; two Republicans voted against her, dooming her effort.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Bank of America Securities analyst Robert Ohmes just downgraded Target from hold to sell, prognosticating another 10-15% share drop.
    Noah Barsky, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Predestinating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predestinating. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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