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Buchanan long had been an advocate for allowing ordaining gay and lesbian clergy.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025 -
Wilson, 27, was the one to marry the couple, as she is ordained through the Universal Life Church.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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What’s occurred so far, however, isn’t necessarily fated over the balance of the campaign.—
Thomas Drance,
The Athletic,
5 Feb. 2025
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Millions of lives were affected, the politics of the Midwest grew more embittered, and none of it was fated.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
The New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2025
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The biggest danger with symbolic, psychological thrillers like this is making characters feel too much like pieces on a chessboard, their moves predetermined.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
29 Jan. 2025
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If you’re predetermined to have finer strands, there are ways of inflating and boosting them to encourage the appearance of thickness, which is where styling and cuts come in.—
Elle Turner,
Glamour,
21 Jan. 2025
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine, in February, 2022, was no more inevitable or foreordained than the U.S. invasion of Iraq, in 2003.—
Keith Gessen,
The New Yorker,
12 June 2023
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Before anything else is said about Lana Del Rey’s new album, let it be noted that however well the record came out, it was foreordained to come in second among her artistic works of the past year.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2023
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That’s the part that’s really difficult to predict and build into an analysis.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes,
11 Feb. 2025
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Fundamental research in the biology of branching helps cure cardiovascular diseases and cancer, design materials that can heal themselves and predict how trees will respond to a changing climate.—
Mitchell Newberry,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2025
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Utah The Hotline undoubtedly has a more optimistic view of Utah’s prospects than most others in the prognosticating business.—
Jon Wilner,
The Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2025
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That hasn’t stopped our stalwart insiders from viewing them and preferentially voting in 10 Oscar categories (most points for most likely, or most hoped for, to succeed) for your prognosticating pleasure.—
Michael Ordoña,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Nov. 2024
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Though Kendall finished well before Stricker on Sunday, the result felt predestined.—
Jim Owczarski,
Journal Sentinel,
11 June 2023
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Genes do not predestine one individual to complete fewer years of schooling than another or one individual to score higher on a cognitive performance test than another.—
Robbee Wedow,
Scientific American,
26 May 2022
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If Iran does funnel the chemicals towards missile fuel production, especially on weapons destined for Russia, that will be of greater concern, the source said.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN,
13 Feb. 2025
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Houston has a slim chance for the top line but is probably destined for a No. 2 seed.—
Jon Wilner,
The Mercury News,
12 Feb. 2025
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