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Recent Examples of preordained
Josh Levin, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2025
Fans may respond as if the song is preordained; the results of the storyline are not.
—Tom Roland, Billboard, 12 Nov. 2025
No team in history has won between 38 and 40 games for four straight seasons, yet for the Bulls, this feels almost preordained.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
The first thing to emphasize is that nothing is preordained about market cycles — this one may well never get as wild, lucrative and dangerous as the one 25+ years ago.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
But although the months between September 2024 and August 2025 may have been light on the kind of superstar releases that seem preordained for Grammy sweeps, plenty of other contenders have emerged — and in such circumstances, obvious choices are in short supply.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
Our climate is not preordained to remain hospitable forever.
—Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
On many of those Friday nights, their ace pitcher, Whitey Ford, faced our ace, Billy Pierce, but an evening that began with high hopes usually ended in painful reality, like it was preordained by the baseball gods.
—Andy Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
But the agentic future is not preordained.
—Marc Benioff, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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
Fans may respond as if the song is preordained; the results of the storyline are not.
—Tom Roland, Billboard, 12 Nov. 2025
No team in history has won between 38 and 40 games for four straight seasons, yet for the Bulls, this feels almost preordained.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
The first thing to emphasize is that nothing is preordained about market cycles — this one may well never get as wild, lucrative and dangerous as the one 25+ years ago.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
But although the months between September 2024 and August 2025 may have been light on the kind of superstar releases that seem preordained for Grammy sweeps, plenty of other contenders have emerged — and in such circumstances, obvious choices are in short supply.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
Our climate is not preordained to remain hospitable forever.
—Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
On many of those Friday nights, their ace pitcher, Whitey Ford, faced our ace, Billy Pierce, but an evening that began with high hopes usually ended in painful reality, like it was preordained by the baseball gods.
—Andy Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
But the agentic future is not preordained.
—Marc Benioff, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preordained
Verb
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Other lines record the sale of the first wristwatch to the Queen of Naples and a pocket watch thought to have been destined for Marie Antoinette.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
8 Nov. 2025
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The 49ers were 1-8 under Chip Kelly, destined for a 2-14 season that would lead to the hiring of coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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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
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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
Verb
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But if Republican primary voters don’t learn from history, they are doomed to a future of defeat after defeat.—
Paul Miller,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
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Before long the guano was exhausted, and soil depletion doomed the commercial farms.—
Henry Wismayer,
Travel + Leisure,
7 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
Verb
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Prevost was ordained the next June.—
Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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Tips for a Brazil Road Trip Divinely ordained or not, our journey left its mark.—
María Cristina Lalonde,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Dec. 2025
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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If the court accepts the case, oral arguments could be scheduled for the spring, with a possible decision by June.—
Jason Lemon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Sustained, strong winds are possible.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Sama was limited last week against Arizona State, but he was listed as probable on the player availability report.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Nov. 2025
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Murray is listed as probable for Wednesday night’s game.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Preordained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preordained. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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