predetermined

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The individual and team sport, also known as cup stacking or speed stacking, involves stacking nine to 12 specially-designed cups in predetermined sequences as quickly as possible.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

The shares don’t trade publicly, so investors who want to exit have to submit redemption requests to Stone Ridge during predetermined windows, the most recent of which ended on March 6.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 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

“Showing off money was a sin. It was not that status was not important, but marriage was very closely controlled and predetermined, and everyone knew where everyone else fit.”

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times