- past tense form of predetermine.
- past participle of predetermine.
predetermined
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The Chinese official said Beijing is willing to host the trilateral but only if the groundwork is done in advance to ensure an agreed-upon agenda and predetermined outcome.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
"The Forrest Research Foundation did not fund a predetermined answer, we backed an exceptional researcher with a difficult question," Professor Arvanitakis said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
Using predetermined waypoints, photographs and video can be taken from the same positions month after month and year after year, allowing conservationists to build up a picture of how the landscape changes.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
"Who's going to watch the show if it's already been predetermined who's the winner?"
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 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
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