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Recent Examples of 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
The last of the proxy defeats was preordained.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 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
The idea of a hard partition between two ethno-religious states was not preordained.
—Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
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
The last of the proxy defeats was preordained.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 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
The idea of a hard partition between two ethno-religious states was not preordained.
—Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preordained
Verb
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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
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 past history suggests the Wolves aren’t doomed by any stretch.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
27 Oct. 2025
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But as Gooncultist emphasized, any attempt at a comprehensive, linear history of gooning is doomed to failure.—
Daniel Kolitz,
Harpers Magazine,
24 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
Verb
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Many were spurred on by religious fervor and the concept of Manifest Destiny, the belief that the Christian God had ordained that White settlers should colonize North America, from sea to shining sea.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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He was ordained in 1976, and has served in various positions over his 40 years serving the Catholic Church, including director of Catholic Charities and director of the Haitian Apostolate, according to the Archdiocese of Miami website.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Since last Thursday, Disney has run public messages notifying YouTube TV customers of a possible blackout.—
Liam Reilly,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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An additional 1 to 2 inches is possible today over portions of Hispaniola.—
MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT,
Miami Herald,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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He had been listed as probable earlier in the week with bilateral Achilles tendinopathy, then was cleared to play pregame before exiting.—
Rowan Fisher-Shotton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Catastrophic flash flooding and landslides are probable across portions of southern Hispaniola and Jamaica.—
MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT,
Miami Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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