predetermined

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Pro wrestling is a realm where a man named John Cena plays a character named John Cena; the match outcomes are predetermined, but the personal stakes are huge.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Instead of simply following predetermined pathways, turbulent energy may be guided and redirected under the right conditions.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

They will be exchanged into common stock in three years—on or about May 15, 2029—based on a predetermined formula.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

In other words, give the states a predetermined amount of money annually, and let them figure out how it is spent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

We may be like the genetically different lines of mice, or like Hayflick’s different tissue-culture lines, programmed to die after a predetermined number of days, clocked by their genomes.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas