as in preordained
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as in destined
to determine the fate of in advance
religious sects that believe that an individual's salvation has been predetermined by God
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Recent Examples of predetermined
Zachary Siegel, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
By the finale, the choices our main trio make feel inevitable, almost predetermined.
—Zachary Siegel, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predetermined
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That’s the risk in raving about something destined to be seen sooner or later on a small screen.Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
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EVs were destined for the culture wars.Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2024
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The choice felt doomed from the start.Eliza Berman, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
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Without genuine commitment from leaders, change efforts are doomed from the start.Vince Molinaro, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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During the trial, concerns are raised about his long hair, requiring parental consent for a possible haircut.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
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Unlike those painters, however, Mathieson had to create his images on location with an army of collaborators and the challenge of crafting beautiful images when Scott’s preference is to shoot with as many cameras as possible — something Mathieson says makes lighting exponentially more difficult.Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 23 Nov. 2024
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More news: Yankees Make Final Pleas to Juan Soto After Game 5 Loss In what amounted to a one-season audition in his free agent walk year, Soto led the American League in runs scored batting ahead of Judge, the probable AL MVP.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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Second, Schipper said, the probable trifecta of controlling the presidency and both chambers of Congress further increases the likelihood that Trump can enact his fiscal agenda.Peter Green, Quartz, 9 Nov. 2024
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
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“Predetermined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predetermined. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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