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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
Noun
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But Margulis took her theory further; in her view, symbiosis was the driving force of evolution, and many entities were likely composites.—
Zoë Schlanger,
The Atlantic,
23 July 2025
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Energized by these findings, Harland presented his theory to colleagues.—
Laura Poppick
July 22,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2025
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Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that this immunity is essential for the executive branch's independence, and even former presidents are entitled to a presumption of immunity for official acts.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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In his second term, Trump now benefits from the presumption of his own survival from even the most politically debilitating of stories.—
Susan B. Glasser,
New Yorker,
24 July 2025
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The assumption is that the Best Music Festival will provide the best music, but the title mainly means that the festival was put together by Best Video, the landmark video store and cultural center in Hamden.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
2 Aug. 2025
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The assumption is clear enough: Firms that pay slowly are presumed to be financially weak, and those that pay on time are considered financially strong.—
Charlie Minutella,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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The findings back up a hypothesis that had been put forward by Beasley’s coauthor John Speth, an anthropologist at the University of Michigan, who has for nearly a decade argued that putrid meat and fish would have formed a key part of prehistoric diets.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
25 July 2025
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Their hypothesis is that a drop in vehicle bug splatter signals a decline in the insect population.—
Adeel Hassan,
New York Times,
23 July 2025
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Whether general manager Brian Cashman can staunch the bleeding is a matter of conjecture at this point.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
30 July 2025
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Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s health has long been the subject of conjecture, but the regime has built-in mechanisms for succession.—
Sanam Vakil,
Time,
26 June 2025
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Ahead of the release of James Gunn's Superman (in theaters now), speculation spiraled around who exactly was underneath the black suit of this mysterious figure.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
14 July 2025
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With deal speculation set to heat up, another twist is Steven Mnuchin, the Secretary of the Treasury during President Trump’s first term and a former Goldman Sachs banker.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
11 July 2025
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In an interview with Fortune Intelligence, Turchin said this theory makes sense and fits with his thesis when presented with the similarities.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
26 July 2025
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His thesis was that a network of sensors designed to capture rich and relevant micro-climate data could be used to provide live information that would empower responders to make the best timely decisions during a crisis.—
Dr. Jonathan Reichental,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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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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That's a double-digit decline compared to the same three months of last year—itself no peach of a quarter for a car company with a stratospheric valuation based on the supposition of eternal sales growth.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 July 2025
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“Predetermination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predetermination. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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