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If residents couldn’t make it to these, there were predetermined “public temporary refuge areas” within each neighborhood, such as street intersections and homes with large cleared backyards, that provide some increased chance of survival.

There wouldn’t be much reason to worry “about the direction of men,” she observes, “if it were really as predetermined by how much testosterone you have and how much estrogen I have.”

"Looking ahead, policy is not on a predetermined path," Cook said.

“So it’s unfortunate that some of those voices are now gonna be silenced with a predetermined winner in their district.”

This particular mix pairs pragmatists with hawkish officials who have consistently emphasized inflation risks, a combination that argues against any predetermined cutting schedule.