predetermined

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And I find with my younger audience, they don't have this predetermined bias for what they're meant to enjoy.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

The main risk is that by locking your money away in exchange for a monthly income at a predetermined interest rate, you are at the mercy of a massive surge in inflation and interest rates.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

Rule 10-b5-1 plans are commonly used by executives to sell stock over extended periods based on predetermined criteria.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

“It’s all pretext and obfuscation when the real agenda is rejecting conventional science and serving a predetermined anti-vaccine agenda,” Richard Hughes IV, a law professor at George Washington University, told The Guardian.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026

They were vindicated; the program was correct, events were progressing in their predetermined direction, history was on their side, and Harlem loved them.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison