preordained

Example Sentences

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Obviously the more damning investigations are aimed at the losing team's manager, where it is more than likely the questions are preordained.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

But this weekend defied the notion that only a few schools were preordained to contend.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Elsewhere in the grand expanse of Lucas’ universe, the right moves are rarely preordained.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2025

There was something that seemed preordained about the expulsion, like it was the first step in what was bound to be a lifetime of failures.

From Salon • Dec. 15, 2024

She has never believed in fate; it would’ve been dispiriting to accept that her life so far unfolded as it did according to some preordained pattern.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline