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Recent Examples of predetermined
Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
Her takeaway from the experience is a message aimed directly at women who feel stuck, uncertain, or pressured to follow a predetermined timeline.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
Not only because the television arm of the Star Wars machine seems to be dying down, or because few series will get $650 million for two seasons, or even because prequels are notoriously difficult to pull off — especially prequels with a main character’s death as a predetermined endpoint.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Everyone knows where the story is going, and whatever growth takes place along the way needs to reach the predetermined maturity of what’s already known.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2025
Once all spots are sold, the breaker opens the box live online, revealing which cards go to which participant based on the predetermined assignments.
—Mark Billingsley, Sacbee.com, 13 Oct. 2025
That feeling of walking into a room and having people turn to you with a predetermined respect.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
Uber also penalizes its drivers who cancel trips and can deactivate their accounts if cancellation frequency reaches a predetermined threshold, the complaint states.
—Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Sep. 2025
The standard knockout format remains in place for the last three rounds, so the final will continue to be held at a predetermined venue.
—Neel Shelat, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
But all of these interactions were quickly imbued with a set, predetermined meaning.
—Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
And in an outcome that felt predetermined, Jasmine won the final despite coming in third in the technical, a madeleine-tower challenge.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
When the destination is predetermined, the journey matters that much more.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 23 Oct. 2025
Without a fair and open bidding process, potential competitors may not even submit bids, believing the outcome is predetermined.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2025
In LaRoche’s gym, nothing can be predetermined.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Hoes, plows, sewing machines, and computers are products of past labor whose values have been predetermined.
—Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
Critics pointed to a lack of qualifications for the new committee members, with more than half never having published research on vaccinations and many having predetermined hostility toward vaccines.
—Jordan Miller, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Typically, the show features a segment inspired by the classic film where Indy is chased by a barreling boulder down a predetermined track.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
Her takeaway from the experience is a message aimed directly at women who feel stuck, uncertain, or pressured to follow a predetermined timeline.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
Not only because the television arm of the Star Wars machine seems to be dying down, or because few series will get $650 million for two seasons, or even because prequels are notoriously difficult to pull off — especially prequels with a main character’s death as a predetermined endpoint.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Everyone knows where the story is going, and whatever growth takes place along the way needs to reach the predetermined maturity of what’s already known.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2025
Once all spots are sold, the breaker opens the box live online, revealing which cards go to which participant based on the predetermined assignments.
—Mark Billingsley, Sacbee.com, 13 Oct. 2025
That feeling of walking into a room and having people turn to you with a predetermined respect.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
Uber also penalizes its drivers who cancel trips and can deactivate their accounts if cancellation frequency reaches a predetermined threshold, the complaint states.
—Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Sep. 2025
The standard knockout format remains in place for the last three rounds, so the final will continue to be held at a predetermined venue.
—Neel Shelat, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
Pricing is predetermined by TaskEasy using public property details and the consumer’s description of the job that needs to be done.
—Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
But all of these interactions were quickly imbued with a set, predetermined meaning.
—Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
And in an outcome that felt predetermined, Jasmine won the final despite coming in third in the technical, a madeleine-tower challenge.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
When the destination is predetermined, the journey matters that much more.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 23 Oct. 2025
Without a fair and open bidding process, potential competitors may not even submit bids, believing the outcome is predetermined.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2025
In LaRoche’s gym, nothing can be predetermined.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Hoes, plows, sewing machines, and computers are products of past labor whose values have been predetermined.
—Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
Critics pointed to a lack of qualifications for the new committee members, with more than half never having published research on vaccinations and many having predetermined hostility toward vaccines.
—Jordan Miller, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predetermined
Verb
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The very flying machine that now seemed destined to disintegrate in midair with us and the little girl.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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Majors seemed destined for the ranks of Hollywood's A-list before he was arrested following a 2023 altercation with his then-girlfriend.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude disregarded all threats of legal action, directing Running Fence to complete its predestined voyage into the sea.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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They were doomed to perish in the fires of hell.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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Evolutionary biologists have long debated whether hunters or climate change ultimately doomed the woolly rhinoceros.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
14 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Now Jabra has developed a new class of enterprise headset that can counter these issues by providing the clearest audio quality possible with the ability to filter out the ambient noise of an open-plan office or a busy café.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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These conditions can make driving challenging, so exercise extreme caution on the road, and if possible, consider delaying your trip.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Elsewhere, a dusting is the most probable scenario.—
Brandi D. Addison,
IndyStar,
13 Jan. 2026
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Newcastle are guaranteed to play a minimum of 53 games this season — likely to become at least 55, given progression to another two-legged European tie seems probable.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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What unfolds next is both foreordained and unpredictable: a performance superficially the same as any other rendition of the same score, but also profoundly different — wondrous, perhaps, or merely rote.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
16 Oct. 2024
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The film is a tragedy in which everything comes out right: Coppola builds his protagonist’s absurd overreach into a foreordained happy ending, and the movie itself is a happy outcome from the very start.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2024
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“Predetermined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predetermined. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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