predetermine

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

From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2025

“I believe it’s also an important principle that the speaker not predetermine the outcome of that, or dictate objectives or benchmarks,” he told reporters.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 23, 2023

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

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

George, looking at him with that first swift glance that often predetermines a whole interview, made up his mind that bygones were to be bygones.

From The Sturdy Oak A composite Novel of American Politics by fourteen American authors by Elizabeth Garver Jordan

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

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

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

Investor payouts, and the return of principal, ultimately hinges on how the underlying reference asset trades compared with predetermined levels.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

As in “Reacher” and every action film ever, events will lead to a battle royale whose outcome is predetermined by the nature of this show.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

They appear to have some extra quality that we call ‘life’, or ‘intelligence’ but are in fact simply performing predetermined routines, like the cock on the Strasbourg Cathedral clock.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

The main cause of those turnovers, according to Wittman, was predetermining passes without reading the defense.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 18, 2015

Both ways were—ALIVE, both obedient to impulses over which we had no more control and no more way of predetermining than mice in some complex, man-made trap.

From The Metal Monster by Abraham Merritt