predetermine

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

From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2025

He refused to give an answer, to bind himself to one reality or the other, to predetermine what his successful path could be instead of living presently.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 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

"At the Japan Trench, the geologic layering basically predetermines where the fault will form," said study co-author Patrick Fulton, an associate professor in Cornell University's Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026

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

It has interested itself in bringing to light that in the very procedure of science which, because it predetermines what nature shall be, cannot be included within nature.

From The Approach to Philosophy by Ralph Barton Perry

"The Forrest Research Foundation did not fund a predetermined answer, we backed an exceptional researcher with a difficult question," Professor Arvanitakis said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

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 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 ● Feb. 21, 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

“I felt 100 percent, felt like I could do anything I had to do. Honestly, I’m going where the defense tells me to. I’m not predetermining anything.”

From Washington Times ● Oct. 29, 2014

But before the progress of modern plutocracy had reached this stage, there was a predetermining cause for which there was a much better case.

From What I Saw in America by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton