as in destined
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as in doomed
to determine the fate of in advance
our victory in the tournament was seemingly predestined
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Verb
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The Olympics had seemed almost destined for Wedding.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
4 Jan. 2025 -
But my favourite writer was destined to become a movie star.—
hazlitt.net,
hazlitt.net,
4 Jan. 2025
Verb
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By design, these committees are doomed to fail.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Dec. 2024
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Bieber lost for the year The Guardians’ season felt doomed even before their home opener when ace Shane Bieber was lost for the year to Tommy John surgery on his right elbow.—
Jason Lloyd,
The Athletic,
29 Dec. 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
Adjective
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But honoring knowing someone is genuine in their kindness, makes trusting them easier, and forgiving them possible.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
29 Jan. 2025
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Humanity’s firepower underpins the Anthropocene, which is the outcome not just of anthropogenic meddling but of a particular kind of meddling, made possible by humans’ species monopoly over fire.—
Stephen Pyne,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Nikola Vučević Trading center Nikola Vučević is the most probable move of the deadline for the Bulls.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2025
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Arsenal, Barcelona, Bayern, Liverpool and Real Madrid are seen as the most probable destinations, while Manchester United showed some interest during the previous market.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Predestined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predestined. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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