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
  • Pollsters have been predicting some GOP losses and in late October, CBS News' polling suggested Republicans could be on track to lose control of the House.
    — S.E. Jenkins, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Analysts warn that given the accelerating pace of technological disruption, ultra long maturities make predicting future operational stability and debt service capacity increasingly difficult, compounding risk evaluation challenges for investors.
    — , CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of predicting
Verb
  • Those six words form the conclusion of his eulogy, prophesying the lasting impact of the late princess’s life in the decades after her passing.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 23 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of prophesying
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  • Bishop Felix Davidek responded by secretly ordaining married men and some women, including Ludmila Javorová.
    — Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of ordaining
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  • While tropical-storm-like weather battered Florida on Monday, the National Hurricane Center began forecasting a different system could form in the Atlantic with the chance to develop.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The Almanac is forecasting that to be the case across much of central and northern New England as well as a good portion of the Mountain West.
    — Terry Eliasen, CBS News, 2 Nov. 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
  • Polyphemus prays to his father Poseidon to curse Odysseus, dooming him on a long and perilous journey.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The lemmings Trump has placed in positions of power would join in the ridicule, dooming such a candidate’s chances at the GOP nomination.
    — Colleen Kujawa, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of dooming
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