PREDETERMINATIONS Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

predeterminations

noun

plural of predetermination

as in assumptions

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Noun

These failures stemmed not from new vulnerabilities, but from basic security flaws like weak passwords and unauthenticated endpoints, and reliance on assumptions over robust controls.

— Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Was there anything that challenged your own assumptions about what's happening along our northern border?

— Dana Taylor, USA Today, 31 July 2026

Definition of assumptions

Noun

According to individual needs theories, there is no single ideal amount of sleep, because genetics, age, health, activity level and even life circumstances influence how much sleep someone needs.

— Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 31 July 2026
The idea of functionalism was Putnam’s response to the fashionable theories of the time about how to understand mental states, such as thoughts, feelings, judgments, and beliefs.

— Theodore McDarrah, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of theories

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The letter makes presumptions about herbicides and pesticides that do not line up with its proposal outlined on a website detailing the training center project, the statement said.

— Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2026
But, once again, some presumptions were made by the auditors.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 10 June 2026

Definition of presumptions

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The World Health Organization’s independent scientific advisory group reported in 2025 that much of the information needed to fully evaluate the competing hypotheses had not been provided by China.

— Art Jipson, The Conversation, 30 July 2026
The researchers, however, did not find that their data supported their hypotheses entirely.

— Refractor, Refractor, 27 July 2026

Definition of hypotheses

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But Fetterman rejected those speculations in an op-ed published in The Washington Post in May.

— Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 31 July 2026
Everyone knew the story, though Andrew’s relatives were more reluctant to speak of it, to even mention the cult’s name — Synanon — craning their necks to see if any members of her family were close enough to overhear their speculations.

— Shyla Watson, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026

Definition of speculations

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