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Recent Examples of preordained
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
But 36–23 still taunts and tantalizes us, a magical missing score that reminds every Scorigami devotee that what’s possible isn’t preordained.
—Josh Levin, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2025
Verb
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
But 36–23 still taunts and tantalizes us, a magical missing score that reminds every Scorigami devotee that what’s possible isn’t preordained.
—Josh Levin, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preordained
Verb
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With a stylish matching set for $30, a makeup bag that even flight attendants swear by, and a genius anti-theft accessory that takes up zero packing space, these Amazon finds are destined to be summer travel game-changers—with deals up to 70 percent off.—
Erin Cavoto,
Travel + Leisure,
16 May 2026
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Films about filmmaking often seem destined for film lovers only, to the detriment of everyone else.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
Adjective
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According to the piece, the wide-open nature of the race is healthy for democratic participation and has yielded the most competitive gubernatorial contest in approximately 25 years, allowing voters meaningful choice rather than having a predetermined outcome.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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Young people changed quickly and not on any predetermined schedule.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
Verb
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Once teased for their transness, Little Death is now eternally doomed to the bottom of the lake at Camp Tivoli when not seasonally resurfacing to kill horny teenagers (and, of course, doomed to be reincarnated in endless sequels).—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
13 May 2026
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Is Trump citizenship order doomed?—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
13 May 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
Verb
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Martin was ordained in 1999 and began working full-time as an editor at America, a Jesuit magazine.—
René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
7 May 2026
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Shortly before the Constitution was written, Haynes would become the first Black minister ordained in the United States.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
4 May 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
Adjective
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Closing arguments are on Thursday, and a decision from an advisory jury and the judge overseeing the case, Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, are possible next week.—
John Ruwitch,
NPR,
12 May 2026
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Be sure to cover your head and neck with your arms, and crawl under a sturdy table if possible.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
12 May 2026
Adjective
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In total, eight cases are confirmed, two are probable and one is inconclusive.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
13 May 2026
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On Monday night before the matchup against Atlanta, Fudd appeared on the Wings’ injury report listed as probable with a right knee injury, but she was downgraded to out an hour before Tuesday’s game.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
13 May 2026
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“Preordained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preordained. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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