as in destined
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as in doomed
to determine the fate of in advance
my wife and I are such soulmates, I'm convinced that our marriage was preordained
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Recent Examples of preordained
Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2024
Fear and divisiveness are not preordained.
—Michael McDevitt, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
His remaining presence on the crew was preordained because of an international agreement between NASA and Russia's space agency that provides seats for Russian cosmonauts on US crew missions and US astronauts on Russian Soyuz flights to the space station.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 28 Sep. 2024
Verb
The brothers’ alcoholism was part of their legacy, all but preordained.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2024
Fear and divisiveness are not preordained.
—Michael McDevitt, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
His remaining presence on the crew was preordained because of an international agreement between NASA and Russia's space agency that provides seats for Russian cosmonauts on US crew missions and US astronauts on Russian Soyuz flights to the space station.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 28 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preordained
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The smart money is on the episode also revealing the fate of Beth’s treacherous brother, Jamie, who seems destined to take a trip to the train station.Charlie Mason, TVLine, 11 Dec. 2024
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China views Taiwan as a breakaway province destined to be reunited with the mainland, including by force.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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That, as well as personal details from his decades-old divorce and disagreements with lawmakers, doomed his nomination.Elena Moore, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
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Watch the wild punt play that doomed the Cowboys last night.Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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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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People can stay safe from possible carbon monoxide poisoning by taking precautionary measures.Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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Keep your eyes and ears open, and be as transparent with people as possible.Alexandre Bonvin, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement Rather, Harris would need to view the job as a probable career-capper, taking pride in solving complex problems that are eating away at her native state.George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
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He was listed as questionable for the Lakers’ next game, in Atlanta on Dec. 6, before being upgraded to probable pregame and eventually playing.Jovan Buha, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Preordained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preordained. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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