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

He decides when to cover his face based on state and local guidelines as well as a predetermination of whether social distancing can or cannot be maintained, according to a White House official.

From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2020

Final Stress differs from radical stress principally in this, that while it equally indicates energy and positiveness, it does so as in accordance with predetermination and reflection.

From The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 by Ontario. Ministry of Education