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
Carl Anka, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
For Democrats, this was preordained.
—Avi Nelson, Boston Herald, 30 Oct. 2024
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
Verb
There’s always a chance, nothing is preordained.
—Carl Anka, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
For Democrats, this was preordained.
—Avi Nelson, Boston Herald, 30 Oct. 2024
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
Verb
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The Olympics had seemed almost destined for Wedding.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
4 Jan. 2025
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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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Sources familiar with the probe say SEC investigators are looking at what Ruiz’s company represented to investors about its value and other possible securities violations.—
Ben Wieder and,
Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 2025
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Implement security measures: Protect the recordings by saving them in a secure location and utilizing encryption where possible.—
Jason Foodman,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Pitt’s cause of death was revealed as sharp and blunt force injuries with probable strangulation, according to the Ventura County Medical Examiner, The Ventura County Star reported.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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In a season in which a Clemson-Alabama CFP rematch seemed probable, this shocker temporarily shook up that inevitability.—
Scott Dochterman,
The Athletic,
15 Jan. 2025
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