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
The Rings of Power is governed by an overwhelming sense of predestination.
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024
Request a Demo Rorty’s version of redemption stands out against certain religious strands in that it is explicitly set against predestination or essentialism.
—Big Think, 14 June 2024
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
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024
Request a Demo Rorty’s version of redemption stands out against certain religious strands in that it is explicitly set against predestination or essentialism.
—Big Think, 14 June 2024
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predestination
Noun
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Unfortunate accidents or something more sinister?—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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The couple also performed as part of Garcia’s side project, the Jerry Garcia Band, from 1976-1978 and formed their own side project, The Ghosts (later the Heart of Gold Band); Keith Godchaux, 32, died from injuries in a car accident in July 1980 shortly after the couple’s first concert together.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
3 Nov. 2025
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Dek is now free to fulfil his own destiny.—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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However, destiny has one more surprise in store.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
4 Nov. 2025
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In March, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recalled 46,000 Cybertrucks over concerns that exterior panels near the windshield could detach while driving, posing a road hazard.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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The winds will be strong enough to blow around unsecured objects, which could cause hazards, NWS lead meteorologist Matt Mehle told .—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Rather, the slow start (by Ovechkin’s standards) to this season seemed due more to poor puck luck.—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
6 Nov. 2025
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The team dealt with some tough injury luck and never got on a roll.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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In other words, investors might bail on companies such as Nvidia, Oracle, and CoreWeave, whose fates are deemed too closely tied up with OpenAI’s.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Hekate is the goddess of fate and the night, who is grossly misunderstood throughout history.—
Amber McBride,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Even the fact that Refiberd doesn’t need a lot of financing to keep itself afloat because of the nature of its technology is a nice bit of happenstance.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
31 Oct. 2025
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And this year, the winning tree came to him through happenstance, as a photo was given to him through a Rockefeller Center security supervisor.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Oct. 2025
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Ava was a big athletic blonde who could have had a chance in Hollywood.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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The question is whether the San Francisco defense can get enough stops to give this offense a chance.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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And parents should model healthy sleep behaviors for their teens, which includes no late-night snacking or doom scrolling.—
NPR,
NPR,
2 Nov. 2025
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The Curse builds a complex internal mythology using clips from fake reality TV series and faux newscasts, steadily undermining the viewer's sense of reality by combining sinister figures from Japanese folklore with an overwhelming sense of impending doom.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Predestination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predestination. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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