foreordain

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It has been argued that many paths were possible in the Cambrian, and that the world we ended up with was not foreordained.

From Scientific American

The VPC space is now light and airy, with beeswax candles, adorable greeting cards, single-origin chocolate bars and the like also on offer; last Friday, Fleet Foxes played in a way that felt foreordained.

From Seattle Times

But it was by no means foreordained, and a stronger opponent might have beaten him.

From New York Times

China’s rise to global power is neither inevitable nor foreordained.

From Los Angeles Times

But even if an Industrial Revolution was foreordained by our large brains, it could have happened a thousand years ago, or it could still be a thousand years in the future.

From Washington Post