preordain

Example Sentences

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The greatest championship teams often speak of things such as fate and destiny, suggesting their immortality was preordained.

From Washington Post

If the outcome wasn’t preordained, it certainly was decided within the first 10 minutes.

From Seattle Times

"But this crime was not borne of desperation, nor was it preordained by his upbringing," the government's sentencing memo reads.

From Reuters

The audience knows that the answers to those questions are mostly preordained.

From Washington Post

It was a race that had been much-anticipated and all but preordained to again reset the world record that one or the other had broken in three previous showdowns.

From Seattle Times