predestined
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The characters’ fate is predestined by cat-and-mouse conventions, and there are no big surprises when watching the parts come together.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
"The programme emphasises that the genetic insights revealed in the films shed light on Hitler, but they don't tell us he was biologically predestined to behave in a particular way."
From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025
In the final scene of “Forrest Gump,” a white feather dances from Forrest’s feet, into the air, representing one of the movie’s major threads: Are life’s joys and agonies predestined, or are they indiscriminate?
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2025
Artificial intelligence seems predestined to become a bigger part of our lives.
From Slate • Dec. 1, 2023
Nothing had changed except your own attitude; the predestined thing happened in any case.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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