preordaining

verb

present participle of preordain
as in destining
to determine the fate of in advance my wife and I are such soulmates, I'm convinced that our marriage was preordained

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  1. dooming
  2. ordaining
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  • Is the party genuinely rebuilding itself or are progressives dooming the Dems for what could have been a midterm rout?
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 14 July 2026
  • This evidence is considered among the most important to both sides, potentially either dooming OpenAI as an infringer or exonerating its chatbot technology as a transformative fair use of news sites’ content.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026
Definition of dooming
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  • The Vatican said dialogue was offered to the ​group ahead of the schism and that the step of ordaining ​bishops without ⁠church approval was considered so grave that excommunication was automatic.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 5 July 2026
  • Although Anglican churches in the United States, Canada, Hong Kong, and New Zealand began ordaining women as priests as early as the 1970s, the Church of Nigeria resisted such developments.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
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