predetermination
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As for his Alzheimer’s risk, Hemsworth emphasized that while his DNA gives a “strong indication” of what could happen, it’s not a predetermination.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
Grahame Wright, the standards committee's independent chairman, said the panel had rejected accusations of "bias and predetermination" in the process.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2021
He decides when to cover his face based on state and local guidelines as well as a predetermination of whether social distancing can or cannot be maintained, according to a White House official.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 30, 2020
There is comfort in subsuming your sense of individuality to a larger sentiment of prescription and predetermination.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 1, 2019
Hence the predetermination of God, in this instance, probably refers to the work of atonement, without including therein any special decree in respect to the means of the suffering.
From Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. by Fisk, Wilbur
