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Recent Examples of predestine 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 Assiette Champenoise, Tinqueux Chef Arnaud Lallement’s fate as a chef seemed predestined. Mary Squillace, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predestine
Verb
  • And, naturally, all of that means its hotels are destined to be intimate and comfy, too.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
  • The company now makes about 1,000 flags per day, with many destined for military funerals, government buildings and patriotic front porches nationwide.
    Olivianna Calmes, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2025
Verb
  • Instead of wasting resources on a venture doomed by structural realities, Musk should pursue a strategy that actually works in American politics: identifying vulnerable Republican incumbents who voted for fiscal irresponsibility and funding primary challengers committed to genuine conservatism.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
  • Was the project doomed by the economic realities of globalization, the competitive landscape in the smartphone business, or were Google’s shifting corporate priorities ultimately to blame?
    Verne Kopytoff, Fortune, 5 July 2025
Verb
  • Craig was ordained as a Baptist preacher, a calling that would prove pivotal not only in his spiritual community but also in Kentucky's civic and economic development, then a rugged territory of the United States.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • But highly damaged Mark, whose upbringing was evidently a nightmare of abuse, has found salvation, or at least escape: He’s ordained himself a servant of the Lord, holding improvisational services in the prison chapel to a paltry flock.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 20 June 2025
Verb
  • Are we fated to suffer an endless cosplay of the golden era?
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 25 June 2025
  • But Abbott in a statement that accompanied his veto late Sunday, June 22, said the legislation, Senate Bill 3, was well-intentioned but fated to spend tied up in legal battles.
    Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 June 2025

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“Predestine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predestine. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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