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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

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

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

I answer that, It is fitting that God should predestine men.

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

"But to whom dost Thou predestine the honor, holiness?"

From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Jeremiah Curtin

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

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

Which begs the question, was HS2 predestined to encounter major problems simply on the basis of the UK's geography and political system?

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2025

Whereas his documentary films crackle thanks to his unpredictable interactions with his subjects, “The Damned” cannot help but feel slightly overdetermined, the outcomes predestined rather than organically unearthed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2025

But for Escola, it seemed almost predestined, spoken into the universe so frequently it had to become true.

From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2025

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

From Slate ● Dec. 1, 2023

“And the bottles come in here to be predestined in detail.”

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

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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