as in to destine
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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Recent Examples of preordain
The city can request a hearing, Braun’s letter said, but the outcome is preordained.
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Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025
The album, Remover explains, flowed out of them in a way that felt almost divinely preordained.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 6 Apr. 2025
Her stardom, now so apparent, hardly felt preordained.
—Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
All of those things have entered the culture and almost feel preordained now.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Feb. 2025
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Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025
The album, Remover explains, flowed out of them in a way that felt almost divinely preordained.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 6 Apr. 2025
Her stardom, now so apparent, hardly felt preordained.
—Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
All of those things have entered the culture and almost feel preordained now.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preordain
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As the Cincinnati Reds piled on against Shane Bieber in the second inning of Wednesday’s series finale, the Toronto Blue Jays seemed destined for a series loss.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Houston Astros ace Framber Valdez appears destined for free agency as contract talks are reportedly completely silent.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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The mission was doomed, and the satellite crashed back to Earth.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
6 Sep. 2025
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As a direct result of that hospitality, the women’s respective causes soon become more aligned than either Joan or Alina would have wanted, and any harm visited upon one of them eventually threatens to doom the other as well.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
6 Sep. 2025
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Qualified people who could be priests except for archaic laws that no longer serve us continue to wait to be invited into the ranks of those who have been ordained.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Aug. 2025
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The move also contrasts with Pope Francis, who said no to moving into the papal apartments when he was ordained in 2013, choosing instead a Vatican guesthouse.—
Greg Wehner , Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Libra Season paired with Mars in Scorpio is about teamwork that feels fated, partnerships that feel like destiny, and art that heals the collective.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
29 Aug. 2025
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But these issues will be resolved because more viable donor organs, whether from humans, other species or created in a lab, means fewer people will be fated to sit (and perhaps die) on a transplant waiting list.—
David A. Brenner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Preordain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preordain. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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