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Recent Examples of preordain All of those things have entered the culture and almost feel preordained now. Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Feb. 2025 There’s always a chance, nothing is preordained. Carl Anka, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025 For Democrats, this was preordained. Avi Nelson, Boston Herald, 30 Oct. 2024 Fear and divisiveness are not preordained. Michael McDevitt, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for preordain
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preordain
Verb
  • Gordon’s dunk gave the Nuggets a 101-99 win over the LA Clippers to end Saturday afternoon’s thrilling Game 4 and even a series destined to go long at 2-2.
    Tony Jones, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Lady Gaga was always destined to steal the show at Coachella as the biggest headliner at the festival this year.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Dallas appeared doomed when Marchment caught Brock Nelson with a high stick, drawing blood with 39.5 seconds left in regulation.
    Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
  • The Opening Minutes The premiere opens in a cockpit that’s doomed.
    Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Following in the footsteps of his older brother Brian, Farrell entered the Legionaries of Christ congregation in 1966 and was ordained a priest in 1978 in Rome.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Progressive Catholics have been pushing for women to be ordained as deacons and priests for years.
    John Blake, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • This austere throwback is fated to be forever known as the movie in which its star accidentally fired a gun with a live round and fatally wounded a crew member.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2025
  • Growing up, Moynihan was practically fated to be on SNL, to the point where his mother bought him Dan Aykroyd–minted SNL merchandise.
    Andy Hoglund, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025

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“Preordain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preordain. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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