Thesaurus results for PREDESTINATION

predestination

noun

Definition of predestination

as in accident

the belief that everything that will happen has already been predetermined and cannot be changed

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Recent Examples of predestination But Slumdog Millionaire, a feel-good comedy drama about predestination and game shows, is the one that won him all the glory. — Jordan Hoffman, Vanity Fair, 16 Mar. 2026 The narrative addresses the idea of predestination and, in a way, debunks it. — Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2025 Dylan arrives on the scene with the false modesty of predestination, touched by God but desperate for a place to sleep for the night. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Dec. 2024 The Rings of Power is governed by an overwhelming sense of predestination. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for predestination

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Noun

Five, including Amazon, Kohl's and Neiman Marcus, explicitly restrict them, while 37 block shopping agents largely by accident, through older bot rules written for scrapers.

— Kevin Williams, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2026
The goal of Daimler’s systems is not necessarily to bring the truck to a full stop from any speed, though that can be a best-case scenario in many of these potential accidents.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of accident

Noun

This change in roles also leads to a drastic change in the brothers’ destinies.

— Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
Israel was founded as a refuge, a place where a people long subjected to persecution and exile could finally determine their own destiny.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of destiny

Noun

Primary hazards include occasional lightning, wind gusts up to 35 mph and heavy rainfall.

— Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
Lee said the Buildings Department, the Fire Services Department and the Labor Department had shortcomings in supervision over fire hazards of the apartment complex.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of hazard

Noun

The prince didn’t have any luck in blocking Kelce, which comes as little surprise given the Chiefs star knows how to avoid defensive players.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026
Halloween fireballs Our last pick is going to take a great deal of patience, and a good amount of luck!

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of luck

Noun

Unfortunately, the device malfunctioned while en route to the observatory, forcing mission engineers to abandon the attempt and leave Swift to its fate.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2026
Although many political experts expect Democrats to flip control of the House this midterm cycle, the Senate‘s fate remains murky.

— Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of fate

Noun

Today, she’s stalled out and blaming her failure on happenstance.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
First, there’s Bertha Manchester (Linda Reiter), who, in a morbid bit of happenstance, was actually killed in a brutal axe murder just days before Lizzie’s trial.

— Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of happenstance

Noun

For Hernandez, the altar is a chance to grieve, remember and find strength in one another.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
Ross started the second-half scoring, too, with another two handed flush off a pass from Demary, who started the fast break chance with his second steal of the game.

— Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of chance

Noun

Also, the arrival of artificial general intelligence (AGI) does not mean the doom of creative artists, Hughes said.

— Mark Schilling, Variety, 29 Oct. 2026
As the midterms drag on with a sense of grinding doom for Republicans, all that might be too conceptual for a younger generation of conservatives hungry to see a far-right takeover of the party.

— Nathan Taylor Pemberton, Vanity Fair, 29 Oct. 2026

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