predestinated

past tense of predestinate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for predestinated
Verb
  • The two floors dedicated to offices — including Martin’s personal one — as well as a basement space destined to content production and the brand’s archives are also undergoing the finishing touches.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The story served as a resolution to help prove that America was unique and not destined to experience the interminable rivalries and miseries of the Old World.
    Made by History, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Of course, seasonal effects are background conditions and not predetermined outcomes, with plenty of mismatches between the historical record and actual market action, a few as recently as last year.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Unlike most competitions in spring, the outcome of this one wasn’t predetermined.
    Tim Britton, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The album, Remover explains, flowed out of them in a way that felt almost divinely preordained.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Her stardom, now so apparent, hardly felt preordained.
    Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • An away victory would have doomed Peru completely but now the race to qualify, for that play-off spot at least, is back on.
    Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
  • But without empathy, responsibility, agency, and free will he is doomed to remain a wooden facsimile.
    Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • If Medicaid funding to provide individuals with services in their own homes and communities is cut, more people will be placed in institutional settings, Seitz predicted.
    Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Mostly cloudy skies are predicted on Saturday, with a high of 79 and gusts up to 24 mph, according to the NWS.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Predestinated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predestinated. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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