predestined
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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
In Yoruba culture, which predominates in the south-west of the country, twins are a blessing and their names are predestined.
From BBC • May 9, 2024
Artificial intelligence seems predestined to become a bigger part of our lives.
From Slate • Dec. 1, 2023
According to her, the wait was long for her own Air Jordan, and for the collaboration to launch the same year as the release of “A Thousand and One” seemed predestined.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023
“And the bottles come in here to be predestined in detail.”
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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