predetermine

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"There has to be concessions made by all sides. We're not going to predetermine what those are."

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2025

They have taken a similar tone in the wake of the indictment, but suggest that their colleagues should not predetermine Bragg’s motives before launching investigations.

From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2023

If hidden variables predetermine the results of the measurements, Alice and Bob can’t win every round.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 20, 2022

“I don’t have a timetable yet. It’s not easy to predetermine a timetable, in the same way that I don’t know how quickly the cases will come down,” Lam told reporters at a daily briefing.

From Washington Times • Mar. 27, 2022

Although current technology allows STSs to predetermine a timeprint, spatial scientists have not yet developed technology to select specific geographic landing destinations outside of the STM coordinates.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly