predetermine

"There has to be concessions made by all sides. We're not going to predetermine what those are."

From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2025

They have taken a similar tone in the wake of the indictment, but suggest that their colleagues should not predetermine Bragg’s motives before launching investigations.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2023

If hidden variables predetermine the results of the measurements, Alice and Bob can’t win every round.

From Science Magazine ● Jul. 20, 2022

“To predetermine which way he’s going to vote doesn’t do that board justice in any way,” she said.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 10, 2021

Although current technology allows STSs to predetermine a timeprint, spatial scientists have not yet developed technology to select specific geographic landing destinations outside of the STM coordinates.

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

This system predetermines a player’s compensation based on their draft position.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026

"Shape predetermines how a particle is going to move," McGovern said.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 12, 2023

It wasn’t a factor for his rookie deal because the collective bargaining agreement predetermines the money in each draft slot.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2022

In its call to suspend time, the music carries the potential to press pause on the punishing velocity that attends disaster, that robs our attention and predetermines a fixed future.

From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2022

His new dogma was: The mind is the mould into which all our knowledge must be cast; and the constitution of our mind predetermines the shape that our knowledge takes.

From Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson by John Charlton Hardwick

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

John’s and Adelaide’s lives follow a predetermined “road from hope to fantasy to disappointment and despair.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

"Who's going to watch the show if it's already been predetermined who's the winner?"

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Rather than searching only for predetermined substances, the researchers used a so-called non-targeted approach.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

By 1996, in addition to their permit fee, expeditions were required to post a $4,000 bond that would be refunded only if a predetermined amount of trash were carried back to Namche and Kathmandu.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

The new rule directs employers to consider six criteria for determining whether a worker is an employee or a contractor, without predetermining whether one outweighs the other.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 9, 2024

There was speculation at the time that Richard Williams was predetermining the results of his daughters’ matches — speculation that the Williamses denied — but the late withdrawal sparked suspicion and upset spectators.

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2022

Hoarding and hiding information relevant to such differences, which amounts to predetermining a verdict of “guilty as charged,” violates basic principles of fair play and gives rise to justified resentment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2018

“Trying to do too much. Over-dribbling, ball-sticking, predetermining - no matter what the defense was going to do, and we just get in trouble like that.”

From Washington Times ● Nov. 25, 2014

Predeterminā′tion, act of predetermining, or state of being predetermined; Predeter′minism, determinism.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various