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religious sects that believe that an individual's salvation has been predetermined by God
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Recent Examples of predetermined
Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
Like parents and teachers, the narrators of picture books generally set the rules and guide the reader steadily in a predetermined direction.
—Elise Broach, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Outside experts and watchdogs suspect that before the first meeting in July, Kennedy will work to stack the advisory board with questionably qualified allies who will come with a predetermined decision to ease access to the drugs—no rigorous scientific evaluation needed.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026
What started in December of last year has grown to multiple events where hundreds of underage children decide to meet at a predetermined area, such as a shopping mall or park.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
The shrapnel came from an M795 round that had been paired with an M767A1 fuze, which was meant to electronically detonate the round at a predetermined point, the report said.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
Here, the post-death period is not the end of all possibilities or a predetermined failure, but another opportunity for liberation in the next life.
—Jue Liang, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2026
The bettors are said to have wagered on either the velocity or the result (a ball or a hit-by-pitch) of a pitch by Clase or Ortiz, typically the first pitch of a predetermined inning.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
The poems that stick with me most are the poems about wrestling freedom away from a predetermined fate, about surviving the end, about living again.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
The Cowboys were predetermined to give up a home game in 2026 for an international destination, although the possibility of the team traveling to Melbourne, Australia, was on the table before the league selected the San Francisco 49ers to play the Los Angeles Rams Down Under.
—Nick Harris
april 24, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2026
The contracts for draft picks are predetermined by a formula typically tied to the NFL salary cap.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 23 Apr. 2026
And while political observers, including Kiros herself, say the assembly process isn’t actually representative of who will vote in the June primary, the win still marked a surprising development in a race that many considered to be predetermined.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 9 Apr. 2026
But no matter how strong Carmen becomes, her destiny — embodied by a wraithlike old woman who turns up whenever the orchestra plays Bizet’s 10-note fate motif — is predetermined.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026
The characters in this novel are forced to live in a neoliberal world where their powerlessness is already predetermined, and they’re ignored by society and told to just keep on living.
—Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
When critical decisions occur outside public view, victims who gather the courage to appear in court often feel their voices no longer matter when the result appears predetermined.
—Keith Wortz, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2026
Parents and City Council members argued families were brought into the conversation too late and that the outcome appeared predetermined.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
Those who choose a DIA will start receiving the income down the road at a predetermined age, perhaps at 70 or 75 years old.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
Like parents and teachers, the narrators of picture books generally set the rules and guide the reader steadily in a predetermined direction.
—Elise Broach, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Outside experts and watchdogs suspect that before the first meeting in July, Kennedy will work to stack the advisory board with questionably qualified allies who will come with a predetermined decision to ease access to the drugs—no rigorous scientific evaluation needed.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026
What started in December of last year has grown to multiple events where hundreds of underage children decide to meet at a predetermined area, such as a shopping mall or park.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
The shrapnel came from an M795 round that had been paired with an M767A1 fuze, which was meant to electronically detonate the round at a predetermined point, the report said.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
Here, the post-death period is not the end of all possibilities or a predetermined failure, but another opportunity for liberation in the next life.
—Jue Liang, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2026
The bettors are said to have wagered on either the velocity or the result (a ball or a hit-by-pitch) of a pitch by Clase or Ortiz, typically the first pitch of a predetermined inning.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
The poems that stick with me most are the poems about wrestling freedom away from a predetermined fate, about surviving the end, about living again.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
While local leaders attempted to assure the public that result of the study wouldn’t be predetermined, longtime Land Park resident Luree Stetson wasn’t reassured.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
The Cowboys were predetermined to give up a home game in 2026 for an international destination, although the possibility of the team traveling to Melbourne, Australia, was on the table before the league selected the San Francisco 49ers to play the Los Angeles Rams Down Under.
—Nick Harris
april 24, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2026
The contracts for draft picks are predetermined by a formula typically tied to the NFL salary cap.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 23 Apr. 2026
And while political observers, including Kiros herself, say the assembly process isn’t actually representative of who will vote in the June primary, the win still marked a surprising development in a race that many considered to be predetermined.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 9 Apr. 2026
But no matter how strong Carmen becomes, her destiny — embodied by a wraithlike old woman who turns up whenever the orchestra plays Bizet’s 10-note fate motif — is predetermined.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026
The characters in this novel are forced to live in a neoliberal world where their powerlessness is already predetermined, and they’re ignored by society and told to just keep on living.
—Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
When critical decisions occur outside public view, victims who gather the courage to appear in court often feel their voices no longer matter when the result appears predetermined.
—Keith Wortz, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2026
Parents and City Council members argued families were brought into the conversation too late and that the outcome appeared predetermined.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predetermined
Verb
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Working under sunny skies, the group harvested hundreds of pounds of oranges destined for distribution through the Food Banks’ network of partner agencies, a news release stated.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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The property looks destined to become home to the annual philanthropic project, which has raised more than $21 million for the San Francisco University High School Financial Aid Programs.—
David Nash,
Architectural Digest,
24 Apr. 2026
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
Verb
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If these two aren’t banging out and seemingly not hanging out, then this was doomed way before the summer started.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2026
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Sawe having to lead for more than 10 miles should have doomed him.—
Alex Hutchinson,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The company has raced to buy as much computing power as possible, making $600 billion in spending commitments last year.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Determined to rise to the occasion and work out every possible kink, Daisy sets out to resolve conflicts between the stews and in the galley.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Beyond the decrepit hydro plant, the entire dam's spillway is too small to pass a probable maximum flood and upgrades could cost millions.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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The most probable candidate for the true author is, however, Shakespeare himself.—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Apr. 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
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