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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predestined
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.—
Verb
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By design, these committees are doomed to fail.—
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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.—
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.—
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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.—
Adjective
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From the Torino airport, there’s a flat rate of €40 (plus possible surcharges for luggage and tolls), but usually fares are calculated based on time and distance traveled.—
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In some cases, patients benefit from receiving thrombolytic (clot-dissolving) medication, but that decision depends a careful assessment of several clinical factors and a discussion between the physician and patient regarding possible benefits and risks.—
Adjective
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Rockies probable pitchers: RHP Gabriel Hughes, RHP Diego Castillo, RHP Angel Chivilli, LHP Jefry Yan, LHP Evan Justice, RHP Zach Agnos, RHP Tommy Doyle. Want more Rockies news?—
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Interchangeable white male actors play the series’ leftist punching bags, veterans who got radicalized after their tours overseas; there’s no sympathy for their probable PTSD and feelings of abandonment and frustration for serving in forever wars.—
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“Predestined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predestined. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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