predetermine

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

From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2025

He refused to give an answer, to bind himself to one reality or the other, to predetermine what his successful path could be instead of living presently.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 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

Second, Molinism safeguards free-will by denying that efficacious grace either physically or morally predetermines the will to one course of action.

From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Arthur Preuss

Rather than searching only for predetermined substances, the researchers used a so-called non-targeted approach.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

The real risk, then, isn’t that the 10-year Treasury yield reaches some predetermined level.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

The September 3 letter from attorney Alex Spiro, addressed to a producer at Alex Gibney's Jigsaw Productions, accuses the Oscar-winning documentarian of building "Musk" around a predetermined conclusion.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

These outcomes weren’t predetermined but calibrated to evidence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

As Zola also sought to demonstrate in Les Rougon-Macquart, the trajectory of our lives is predetermined by our genetic inheritance.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

The new 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 ● Jan. 9, 2024

There was speculation at the time that Richard Williams was predetermining the results of his daughters’ matches — speculation that the Williamses denied — but the late withdrawal sparked suspicion and upset spectators.

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2022

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 other is to simplify budgeting by predetermining the number of counties in each tier.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 30, 2015

Without exception every pass in the Sierra was created by them without the slightest aid or predetermining guidance from any of the cataclysmic agents.

From The Mountains of California by John Muir