predetermination

Example Sentences

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There is always a narrative risk when recapitulating events in historical fiction — predetermination can deaden the pulse.

From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2023

As for his Alzheimer’s risk, Hemsworth emphasized that while his DNA gives a “strong indication” of what could happen, it’s not a predetermination.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2022

Grahame Wright, the standards committee's independent chairman, said the panel had rejected accusations of "bias and predetermination" in the process.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2021

There is comfort in subsuming your sense of individuality to a larger sentiment of prescription and predetermination.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 1, 2019

If the former decides, and the latter does not perform, it is a state of imbecility; and if the latter acts without the predetermination of the former, it is a state of lunacy.

From The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 by Paine, Thomas