as in to ordain
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Frustrations about the slow pace of reform bubbled into the open during the assembly when the pope’s doctrine adviser ruled out ordaining women as deacons and then failed to turn up to a meeting on the topic.Christopher Lamb, CNN, 27 Oct. 2024
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Born in Poland in 1920 but not ordained a priest until after World War II, the master of at least a dozen languages was elected Oct. 16, 1978 — making him among the youngest popes in history — amid much jubilation from Chicago’s Polish American community, which was the largest outside Warsaw.Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2024
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So consider separating yourself from the fear of challenges and instead try to get excited about how fated your experiences will be.Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2024
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The audience has to believe that these are not just two children caught up in the early days of first love, but that they’re fated by the Gods and the universe to have met and to have died.Trish Deitch, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
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Their close examination of mouse brains after learning revealed that an engram’s ability to store memory may be predetermined by how DNA is packaged within neurons.William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Clearly, this was not just a story, because the current rumor mill is saying that John Mulaney will be making more Everybody’s in L.A. but will not complete his destiny of hosting the 2025 Oscars, which seemed honestly predetermined.Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 30 July 2024
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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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If Trump loses, Robinson predicts unrest on the right.Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024
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The Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll’s results came as a complete surprise to political observers, as no serious analyst has predicted that the Democratic nominee will defeat Trump in the state.Dan Mangan, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2024
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Relying on polls and the prognosticating reputation of their Washington correspondent, editors announced the victory of Republican New York Gov. Thomas Dewey over the incumbent president, Democrat Harry S. Truman.Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
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That comes on the heels of the stock’s biggest single-day gain since May 2011, as shares leapt 22% in Thursday trading after the company’s earnings report smashed analyst forecasts for third-quarter profits and Musk prognosticated up to 30% vehicle delivery growth in 2025.Derek Saul, Forbes, 25 Oct. 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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The pass-happy approach seemed destined to doom the Trojans until midway through the third quarter, when Moss dropped back on fourth and nine, in desperate need of a spark.Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
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Noa seems destined for much greater things than working at the DMV.Joe Otterson, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Predestinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predestinate. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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