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my wife and I are such soulmates, I'm convinced that our marriage was preordained
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Recent Examples of preordained
Sean Gregory,
Time,
10 June 2026
The purchase seems preordained, given that both Gert-Jan and Corinne, like Pascon and Boccara, are lively and curious intellectuals.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
What wasn’t preordained is just how beautifully executed the entire venture turns out to be.
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Greg Evans,
Deadline,
7 Apr. 2026
Will this year’s Oscar awards be another fait accompli, a bloated snoozer that’s as boring and seemingly preordained as this year’s Super Bowl?
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Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
9 Mar. 2026
Some might assume that Gooding’s Hollywood career was preordained.
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Juliana Ukiomogbe,
InStyle,
3 Mar. 2026
Sports are inherently fraught with tension, but some seem preordained to it more than others.
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Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
And there again Tuesday morning stood those four teams in the current East play-in bracket, as if preordained to have to fight their way into the playoffs through the pre-playoffs.
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Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Jan. 2026
The forward march of East Asian animation from pop celebration to prestige recognition is not preordained.
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Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Jan. 2026
Verb
Given the slow start to his pro career, a spot at the World Cup, never mind the starting nod, was far from preordained.
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Sean Gregory,
Time,
10 June 2026
The purchase seems preordained, given that both Gert-Jan and Corinne, like Pascon and Boccara, are lively and curious intellectuals.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
What wasn’t preordained is just how beautifully executed the entire venture turns out to be.
—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
7 Apr. 2026
Will this year’s Oscar awards be another fait accompli, a bloated snoozer that’s as boring and seemingly preordained as this year’s Super Bowl?
—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
9 Mar. 2026
Some might assume that Gooding’s Hollywood career was preordained.
—
Juliana Ukiomogbe,
InStyle,
3 Mar. 2026
Sports are inherently fraught with tension, but some seem preordained to it more than others.
—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
And there again Tuesday morning stood those four teams in the current East play-in bracket, as if preordained to have to fight their way into the playoffs through the pre-playoffs.
—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Jan. 2026
The forward march of East Asian animation from pop celebration to prestige recognition is not preordained.
—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preordained
Adjective
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On Thursday morning, one of the two landlord representatives, Christina Smyth, resigned, ripping the rent freeze as a predetermined conclusion the board had worked to justify.
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These vehicles are not fully autonomous, but independently follow a predetermined route.
Verb
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In Doral, volunteers at the nonprofit organization Global Empowerment Mission (GEM) have been working around the clock, filling boxes with supplies destined for Venezuela.
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The best opportunity came on another Norwegian corner kick when Torbjørn Heggem’s close-range shot looked destined for the back of the net before being blocked off the line by Ivory Coast midfielder Amad Diallo.
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.
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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.
Verb
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The Big West Conference on its athletics page announced the addition of Cal Baptist of Riverside, Sac State and Utah Valley into the Big West, which includes schools that do not field football as budget cuts doomed those programs years ago.
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My tenure in Cleveland was doomed by a lot more people than just be.
Adjective
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In retrospect, Sumner seemed predestined to become a famous abolitionist lawyer.
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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.
Verb
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After the war, he was ordained and served as a minister at the Steele Creek Presbyterian Church from 1804 until his death in 1827.
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In 1962, Lazowski was ordained and served as the spiritual leader of Beth Shalom Synagogue in Hartford until 1969.
Adjective
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Be sure to cover your head and neck with your arms, and crawl under a sturdy table if possible.
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If stress builds, schedule a short stretch break and set softer deadlines where possible, because kindness to your body supports reliable output.
Adjective
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Testing delays have also meant that some probable Ebola victims died without being confirmed as having the disease.
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As of May 27, there have been a total of 13 cases of hantavirus -- 11 confirmed and two probable -- and three deaths, of which two have been confirmed, according to the WHO.
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