predeterminations

Definition of predeterminationsnext
plural of predetermination

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Noun
  • Physically frail, yet in full verbal command, Julian doesn’t talk to Lori so much as at her, pausing only to fire off questions that harden, in midair, into assumptions.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Those assumptions are shaped by training data drawn predominantly from English-language sources based in the United States.
    Gareth Barkin, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Some of her theories apparently came to her in vivid dreams.
    Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The Witch Farm is inspired by the real events, theories, and witness accounts, but the BBC series will create or change some elements of the story for dramatic purposes.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • ProPublica, in a 2023 story, reexamined the incident, the legal presumptions, the background of the men and Stingley’s father’s relentless legal campaign to bring the men into court.
    Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The series later won five Emmys, upending presumptions about the kinds of shows people still really want to watch.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • What is emerging is a picture of an artist of profound mathematical acuity, who mobilized geometric, sequential, and modular forms to test hypotheses on interrelation, regeneration, and evolution in pursuit of mystical revelation.
    Katherine Rochester, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2026
  • His method of intellectual humility is to admit ignorance, test variables and revise working hypotheses based on new data, staying open to suggestions from others the whole time.
    Deana L. Weibel, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • His aesthetic speculations in the trilogy bring to mind books as extraordinary as Walter Pater’s The Renaissance and André Malraux’s The Voices of Silence and The Metamorphosis of the Gods.
    Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Sure, there are plenty of rumors and speculations about her scents du jour, but these are the top three that are confirmed mainstays in her rotation.
    Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 7 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Investigations by the Georgia secretary of state and independent reviews contradict the core allegations of the affidavit, which relies on witnesses who lack credibility and have biases that weren't disclosed to the magistrate judge, Lowell argued.
    CBS News, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • One of the main arguments about using AI in research is its biases – which are undeniable, but humans have those too.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The project grew out of group head Ido Kaminer’s 2019 Ramanujan Machine, an AI bot that seeks out new conjectures for calculating mathematical constants.
    Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
  • For one thing, Kontsevich is known for taking a high-level approach to mathematics, preferring to pose ambitious conjectures and sketch out broad programs, often leaving the subtler details and formal proof-writing to others.
    Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 12 Dec. 2025
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“Predeterminations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predeterminations. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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