PREDETERMINATIONS Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

predeterminations

noun

plural of predetermination

as in assumptions

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Noun

And with it, so too were any assumptions that this season at USC would be much different than the four that came before it.

— Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Analysts on Monday pressed Novo executives on their pricing assumptions, questioning whether the company’s next pipeline of drugs can sustain premium price points once Wegovy and Ozempic lose exclusivity.

— Annika Kim Constantino,Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of assumptions

Noun

Once Robinson was arrested for Charlie’s murder, the theories only multiplied.

— Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026
Refusing to believe that the ancestors of Native Americans could have built such monumental structures, writers floated bizarre theories as to who had.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of theories

Noun

These were all reasonable presumptions at that time but would also require years of data to evaluate.

— David N. Hackney, STAT, 26 Aug. 2026
Mungiu refuses to supply easy answers or simple paths to identification in this compelling provocation, which poses unresolvable questions to viewers about our biases and presumptions.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of presumptions

Noun

Observation generates hypotheses; hypotheses lead to anatomical investigation; anatomy stimulates physiological questions; physiology eventually produces clinical trials.

— Subramaniam C. Krishnan, STAT, 28 Sep. 2026
Swifties, four new tracks have officially landed—and, naturally, the internet is already filled with new hypotheses about all of the possible Easter eggs packed within their lyrics.

— Meg Walters, InStyle, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of hypotheses

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An all-male jury acquitted Borden of the slayings on June 20, 1893, based on a lack of evidence likely influenced by their own unconscious biases.

— Erin Jensen, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026
Many job seekers worry that AI interviewers may have built-in biases regarding race, ethnicity, age, gender or manner of speaking.

— Sophie Caldwell Juhohn Lee, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026

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