as in destined
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 predetermined
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
About 20 seconds later, the return capsule separated from the escape tower at a predetermined altitude.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Sweet Spot charges per ounce, rather than charging by a predetermined cost.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
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
The supply is capped at twenty-one million coins, with issuance predetermined by code.
—Becca Bratcher, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
And while one more game was still to play in the Super Bowl, the beating of the 49ers on their home turf shines brighter when the ensuing 52-17 result against the Buffalo Bills was all but predetermined.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2025
But critics of the 4-4-2-2-1 plan, with Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark leading the charge, believe predetermined CFP bids would undercut the legitimacy of the regular season.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
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
About 20 seconds later, the return capsule separated from the escape tower at a predetermined altitude.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Sweet Spot charges per ounce, rather than charging by a predetermined cost.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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
The supply is capped at twenty-one million coins, with issuance predetermined by code.
—Becca Bratcher, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
And while one more game was still to play in the Super Bowl, the beating of the 49ers on their home turf shines brighter when the ensuing 52-17 result against the Buffalo Bills was all but predetermined.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2025
But critics of the 4-4-2-2-1 plan, with Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark leading the charge, believe predetermined CFP bids would undercut the legitimacy of the regular season.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predetermined
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These stories don’t require any element of surprise; the appeal of this kind of romance is built on anticipation, on our expectation that people who are destined to be together will in fact get together.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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Per reports, the 29-year-old, who once seemed destined to be at the top of golf's world rankings, will play in the Nedbank Golf Challenge in December.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Advertisement If Earth is ultimately doomed—if the sun will begin to incinerate us in about a billion years—Mars wouldn’t do as a safe harbor, since that planet would be put to the torch as well.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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The drama doesn’t stop, and the trailer for The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Season 3 just dropped, revealing that MomTok could be doomed.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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For instance, the network included connections between cardinals who worked together in Vatican departments, between those who ordained, or were ordained by, another and between those who were friends.—
Jack Murtagh,
Scientific American,
11 Oct. 2025
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Mullally was ordained in 2001 and left the government three years later for church roles at Salisbury Cathedral and then becoming only the fourth woman bishop in the Church of England as the Suffragan Bishop of Crediton in the Diocese of Exeter.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Having initially faced 20 years in jail, the additional indictments raised his possible jail term to 45 years, with a mandatory minimum of five years in federal prison.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Each restaurant in Jefferson County is scored out of a possible 100 points.—
Gege Reed,
Louisville Courier Journal,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Anthony Davis was the only Lakers player listed as probable on the injury report from that day.—
Doha Madani,
NBC news,
23 Oct. 2025
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How probable is a US launch anyway?—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Oct. 2025
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 28 Oct. 2025.
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