predestination

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Recent Examples of predestination This is a fun twist on the ancient idea of prophecy or predestination and, as such, makes for some compelling narrative uses—for a while, anyway. Jennifer Ouellette and Sean M. Carroll, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2023 Entertainment Score: 7 Science Score: 9 Arrival (2016) Enlarge / Denis Villeneuve's first foray into sci-fi offers a fun twist on the ancient idea of prophesy or predestination. Jennifer Ouellette and Sean M. Carroll, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2023 In a place where both psychohistory and predestination exist, how much does personal choice matter? Marah Eakin, WIRED, 14 July 2023 Weber pointed in particular to the Calvinist notion of predestination—the belief that God decided whether each individual would be saved or damned before the person was even born. Benjamin M. Friedman, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2021 See all Example Sentences for predestination 
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Noun
  • Blunt force trauma Another leading cause of death of migrants is falling from heights or experiencing car accidents.
    Marni LaFleur, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Just months later, in February 2024, Goldman spoke again to PEOPLE about how a car accident almost left Josephine without a dad.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The epic second chapter in this Dune adaptation trilogy sees Paul Atreides reluctantly step into his messianic desert destiny.
    Jordan Minor, PCMAG, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Growth is the watchword as the filmmakers also weave in stories (well, folktales) from Norwegian traditions concerned with the Norns, a trio of Norse deities believed to be responsible for the shaping of human destiny and tasked with caring for Yggdrasill, the tree at the center of everything.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Crime, courts and policing Immigration crackdown could deter workers from reporting hazards, advocates warn.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Having a cobot lift boxes instead of an employee, for example, saves his company hazard and injury situations that can be more costly than a cobot.
    Myesha Johnson The Detroit News (TNS), arkansasonline.com, 9 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • If a project fails, the bondholders are simply out of luck.
    Jonathan Shorman and, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2025
  • The Taco Stop's buzzing Midtown Fort Collins dining room is a far cry from the restaurant's roots, which took hold more than a decade ago after owners Cesar Lopez and Berenice Longoria tried their luck selling steak street tacos to late-night crowds out of their no-frills food cart.
    USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • But one marquee victory and the avoidance of bad losses seemingly would be enough — enough to get them off the bubble, enough to erase the doubt and enough to side-step the fate that befell BYU in a different sport two months ago.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
  • After the blazes, Black laments the fate of the less mobile invertebrates.
    Anton Sorokin, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • By happenstance, a Quarterra Multifamily affiliate sold another big apartment complex at a nearby downtown Oakland location about a month earlier in December — also at a price that hinted at weakening values.
    George Avalos, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
  • An organization’s culture is created either intentionally or by happenstance and will either drive success or derail it.
    Robert Reiss, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Life after the transplant has offered him the time, space and platform to give fashion another chance.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025
  • In the face of industry-wide macroeconomics, the Sundance platform may be the only chance for some films to be seen.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • That’s not always easy with the onslaught of doom and gloom we’re met with.
    Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Lyles was asked if the sense of doom and gloom was a product of all the uncertainty surrounding the team with the trade deadline looming.
    Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 2 Feb. 2025

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“Predestination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predestination. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.

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