as in to destine
to determine the fate of in advance
religious sects that believe that an individual's salvation has been predetermined by God
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Recent Examples of predetermine
Another class action lawsuit filed in November alleged that was a fraud as it was predetermined who would win.
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Jared Gans, The Hill, 15 May 2025
The schedule is predetermined by how each teams finished in the division the previous season.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 14 May 2025
But Bochner’s work was not predetermined in that way.
—Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 May 2025
Numerous others were left behind without the luxury of choice, because socioeconomic disparities predetermine who the privilege of evacuation is granted to.
—Cierra Chenier, Essence, 15 Apr. 2025
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Jared Gans, The Hill, 15 May 2025
The schedule is predetermined by how each teams finished in the division the previous season.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 14 May 2025
But Bochner’s work was not predetermined in that way.
—Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 May 2025
Numerous others were left behind without the luxury of choice, because socioeconomic disparities predetermine who the privilege of evacuation is granted to.
—Cierra Chenier, Essence, 15 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for predetermine
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predetermine
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Yet he was not destined for professional life, certainly not in the cotton business that attracted talented young Greeks.—
Gregory Jusdanis,
Literary Hub,
12 Aug. 2025
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But that, of course, was not the only place made-in-China iPhones were destined.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
10 Aug. 2025
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Plant churches do not require a centralized governing body to ordain their founding.—
Samuel Perry,
The Conversation,
20 June 2025
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Although it’s been ordaining openly gay ministers since the 1970s, UCC isn’t the only church opening its doors to LGBTQ+ worshippers.—
Matt Alderton,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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When the cost and time differential is so vast, the legacy approach is doomed.—
Dr. Jonathan Reichental,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Maybe things would have turned out differently if the team was in Hartford all along, but any efforts, no matter how sincere, to make that happen now were doomed.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
3 Aug. 2025
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“Predetermine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predetermine. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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