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predestine

[pri-des-tin] / prɪˈdɛs tɪn /


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Genes do not predestine one individual to complete fewer years of schooling than another or one individual to score higher on a cognitive performance test than another.

From Scientific American ● May 26, 2022

Not so as to the motive that induced God to predestine certain individuals to the exclusion of others.

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

“But to whom dost thou predestine the honor, holiness?”

From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Alexander Glovatski

There were no bits of cardboard with the names of stations printed on them to predestine our way; no baggage checks to consign our belongings to fixed destinations.

From Virginia: the Old Dominion by Frank W. Hutchins

Therefore now He is able not to predestine him.

From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas

Essentially, The Light and the Dark is a thesis novel designed to prove that a man's nature predestines his end.

From Time Magazine Archive

Therefore, predestination is in the one who predestines, and not in the predestined.

From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas

I answer that, Predestination is not anything in the predestined; but only in the person who predestines.

From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas

But neither of these things can be said of God when He predestines.

From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas

His paintings and ceramics are layered and collage-like, driven by instinct rather than by a predestined end point.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Twins are considered a blessing in Yoruba culture and their names are predestined.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

Still, there is no convincing some siblings who insist their birth order has predestined their role in the family.

From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2024

Artificial intelligence seems predestined to become a bigger part of our lives.

From Slate ● Dec. 1, 2023

STS rematerializes in predestined timeprint at 39.605829, -75.718580.

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

During the Reformation, John Calvin asserted that hard-earned material success was a sign of God's predestining grace, thus solidifying the religious significance of work.

From Time Magazine Archive

In China, according to Dr. Dennys, the man in the moon is called Yue-lao, and he is believed to hold in his hands the power of predestining marriages.

From Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore by Benjamin Taylor


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