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Recent Examples of predetermination
He was also accused of failing to respect and comply with the law by denying due process to litigants and lawyers and demonstrating a bias or predetermination for certain cases.
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Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2025
The presiding judge granted Sweeney's attorney's request to change the charge to second-degree murder or manslaughter as the court lacked sufficient evidence to try him for first-degree murder since predetermination was not established.
—Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2024
From there we’re introduced to the Time Variance Authority where Loki is taken for messing with predetermination—a strict timeline set up by the powerful and mysterious Time Keepers—and introduced to Agent Mobius (Owen Wilson).
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 8 June 2021
Both seasons of The Umbrella Academy raise questions about the nature of time travel (as presented in the series) and the tension between choice and predetermination.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Aug. 2020
There is comfort in subsuming your sense of individuality to a larger sentiment of prescription and predetermination.
—Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2019
Yet the movie has a mythic thrust that’s partly due to its almost playful manipulation of time, its silent flash-forwards lending the story a feeling of futility and predetermination.
—Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2018
Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2025
The presiding judge granted Sweeney's attorney's request to change the charge to second-degree murder or manslaughter as the court lacked sufficient evidence to try him for first-degree murder since predetermination was not established.
—Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2024
From there we’re introduced to the Time Variance Authority where Loki is taken for messing with predetermination—a strict timeline set up by the powerful and mysterious Time Keepers—and introduced to Agent Mobius (Owen Wilson).
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 8 June 2021
Both seasons of The Umbrella Academy raise questions about the nature of time travel (as presented in the series) and the tension between choice and predetermination.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Aug. 2020
There is comfort in subsuming your sense of individuality to a larger sentiment of prescription and predetermination.
—Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2019
Yet the movie has a mythic thrust that’s partly due to its almost playful manipulation of time, its silent flash-forwards lending the story a feeling of futility and predetermination.
—Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predetermination
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These are just theories whereas the temperature modification can actually be measured.—
Chris McKeown,
The Enquirer,
16 Aug. 2025
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Cooper Neill/Getty Images What To Know Swift's fans have been buzzing with excitement and theories following the pop superstar's announcement earlier this week, but one theory in particular is gaining ground with her fan base.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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Club sources previously consulted by The Athletic pointed to the presumption of innocence — a key principle of criminal law in Spain enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights — when asked about Asencio’s situation.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
2 Aug. 2025
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Trademark registration provides a number of legal benefits, including presumption of ownership, the exclusive right to use the mark—which is crucial in infringement cases—and assorted anti-counterfeit protections from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.—
Jason Clinkscales,
Sportico.com,
23 July 2025
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Contrary to some assumptions, Republicans have the ability to transform Cleaver's district into a solid Republican seat.—
The NPR Network,
NPR,
14 Aug. 2025
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For years, Fort Worth ISD had asked those staffers to focus on helping teachers improve their teaching skills, with the assumption that better instruction — and, therefore, higher test scores — would follow.—
Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Aug. 2025
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The scaling hypothesis—the belief that bigger models will produce more intelligent outputs—seems to rest on the dubious belief that a system that has been fed enough information about the world will not have to deal with fuzziness.—
Meghan O’Gieblyn,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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One thing the different hypotheses tend to have in common is an emphasis on the cooling effects of rainfall.—
Chris Mooney,
CNN Money,
19 Aug. 2025
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Which leads to the technical issues Mercedes would not discuss, which leads to conjecture.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Thousands of moves have nonetheless been enough to break ground on some long-standing counterexamples to the Andrews-Curtis conjecture.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
11 Aug. 2025
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What to expect in the Donna Adelson trial Ahead of Donna Adelson's trial, there's been much speculation over who may take the stand and who won't.—
Jeff Burlew,
USA Today,
21 Aug. 2025
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This is not speculation but infrastructure built on efficiency, access, and resilience.—
Becca Bratcher,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Editor's Note: This story was written under advisement of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where the author conducted this reporting in completion of his Master of Arts thesis.—
Alex J. Rouhandeh,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Aug. 2025
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All contribute to a convincing business vision and clear investment thesis that internal and external stakeholders can understand and convey.—
Noah Barsky,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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And history certainly would bear that supposition out.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
12 July 2021
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The great flaw in that theory is the supposition of logic in humans.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
11 July 2025
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“Predetermination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predetermination. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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