preordained
Example Sentences
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Jacob’s deception causes a lifelong rift between the two brothers, but, as with all these ancient stories, fate is preordained by God.
From Salon ● May 19, 2026
Suryavanshi doesn't just look promising - he looks preordained for India colours.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
A most recent example comes from Ilia Malinin, the American figure skater whose hopes for an individual gold medal in the Olympics, which had been regarded as a preordained inevitability evaporated in a mistake-laden routine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
The decision overall gives a sense that the investigators’ conclusion was preordained.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
The ossifying conviction that he was living out some ancient and preordained plan, encoded in his blood, built into the architecture of his name.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
