preordained

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Jacob’s deception causes a lifelong rift between the two brothers, but, as with all these ancient stories, fate is preordained by God.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

Suryavanshi doesn't just look promising - he looks preordained for India colours.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

A most recent example comes from Ilia Malinin, the American figure skater whose hopes for an individual gold medal in the Olympics, which had been regarded as a preordained inevitability evaporated in a mistake-laden routine.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

People come into their careers with a preordained notion of what work they’re going to do.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

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