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Recent Examples of predestine Ferrari Given his name, Adam Driver was seemingly predestined to play the man behind the world's most prestigious sports car. Hannah Kerns, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025 Your luck in life is predestined in a way. Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025 Josh Allen plowed his way through, as if predestined to cross the plane fully upright. Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025 As the Bank of Russia pushed interest rates higher, the dollar was predestined to grow since it is often considered a comparatively secure asset. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024 George eventually played college football at Iowa and according to his mom, he was almost predestined for the gridiron. Nasha Smith, People.com, 10 Oct. 2024 Mary Barra’s rise from an intern to the corner office of General Motors seems almost predestined. Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2024 Though Kendall finished well before Stricker on Sunday, the result felt predestined. Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2023 Faith Pinho: Paulina and Bobby were predestined in the truest sense of the word. The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predestine
Verb
  • Sitting in class next to a star athlete destined for Division I football, the future comedy mogul listened as his teacher publicly humiliated him in front of his peers.
    Essence, Essence, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The popular narrative around Cowan — that he was destined for the Marlies because an AHL season would be good for his development — seemed to be coming to fruition.
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Rebels could be brutal, even with all the discretion shots in the world, and it should be applauded for its dedication to showing a galaxy far, far away that feels doomed to remain fallen.
    Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Following a Keller field goal, the Chargers were on the march again, but a fumble at the Keller eight yard line doomed the drive.
    Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Qualified people who could be priests except for archaic laws that no longer serve us continue to wait to be invited into the ranks of those who have been ordained.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
  • The move also contrasts with Pope Francis, who said no to moving into the papal apartments when he was ordained in 2013, choosing instead a Vatican guesthouse.
    Greg Wehner , Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • At long last, two characters find their way back to each other — but what hand will fate deal them next?
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Harold Hardrada, fated to become the last Anglo-Saxon King of England, has serious family issues.
    Will Collins, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025

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“Predestine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predestine. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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