predetermine

"There has to be concessions made by all sides. We're not going to predetermine what those are."

From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2025

“I believe it’s also an important principle that the speaker not predetermine the outcome of that, or dictate objectives or benchmarks,” he told reporters.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 23, 2023

They have taken a similar tone in the wake of the indictment, but suggest that their colleagues should not predetermine Bragg’s motives before launching investigations.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2023

If hidden variables predetermine the results of the measurements, Alice and Bob can’t win every round.

From Science Magazine ● Jul. 20, 2022

Although current technology allows STSs to predetermine a timeprint, spatial scientists have not yet developed technology to select specific geographic landing destinations outside of the STM coordinates.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

This system predetermines a player’s compensation based on their draft position.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026

"Shape predetermines how a particle is going to move," McGovern said.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 12, 2023

It wasn’t a factor for his rookie deal because the collective bargaining agreement predetermines the money in each draft slot.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2022

In its call to suspend time, the music carries the potential to press pause on the punishing velocity that attends disaster, that robs our attention and predetermines a fixed future.

From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2022

The fallacy of assuming that the fact it is an inheritance, predetermines its future use, is obvious.

From Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education by Dewey, John

Other weeks, a predetermined number of decisions is enough.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

Southgate likely did not rely on a predetermined attacking strategy so it is fair to say his attack was less clear or repetitive than Tuchel's - but this was because he took a player-first approach.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

These vehicles are not fully autonomous, but independently follow a predetermined route.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026

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

Viewing exhibitions at the Guggenheim is like being conducted through a predetermined stream of consciousness, where everything merges into a total unity.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

The rule directs employers to consider six criteria for determining whether a worker is an employee or a contractor, without predetermining whether one outweighs the other.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2024

Hoarding and hiding information relevant to such differences, which amounts to predetermining a verdict of “guilty as charged,” violates basic principles of fair play and gives rise to justified resentment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2018

The Perennial Philosophy with its essential axioms defined by Aldous Huxley: Any event in any part of the universe has as its predetermining conditions all previous events in all parts of the universe.

From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2017

The main cause of those turnovers, according to Wittman, was predetermining passes without reading the defense.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 18, 2015

But before the progress of modern plutocracy had reached this stage, there was a predetermining cause for which there was a much better case.

From What I Saw in America by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)