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as in destines
to determine the fate of in advance
he is stoic in the face of adversity, bolstered by his faith that everything in life has been ordained by a higher power
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as in orders
to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority
a new bill that would ordain the funding of public schools through state lottery revenues
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as in enacts
to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action
the founders of the African republic ordained a form of government that was closely modeled on that of the United States
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Recent Examples of ordains
And one of the tenets of that faith is that God ordains everything.
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Scott Pelley, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
Scott Pelley, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ordains
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Beaulah orders Joaquin to clean up the mess, which involves dragging his brother to rehab and possibly intimidating Wes’s highly suspicious widow, Whitney (Olivia Rose Keegan), into leaving town.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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The system also surfaces items a customer usually orders but forgot to mention — reducing the leakage that happens when a store’s shelf label goes missing or a product gets moved.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
15 May 2026
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Even if Florida enacts a GOP-friendlier map in a special legislative session set for April 28, the worst possible outcome from the redistricting fight now looks like a national dead heat.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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The Attorney General enacts California’s laws and can bring litigation against companies or the federal government on behalf of state residents.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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The message here is not that childhood trauma dooms someone to cancer, says Fuller-Thompson.—
Rob Williams,
EverydayHealth.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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Legacy homer dooms Lake Ridge Shayla Gonzalez broke open a 1-1 tie with a 3-run home run in the top of the seventh inning and Mansfield Legacy hung on to beat Mansfield Lake Ridge 4-3 in a District 3-6A showdown on Tuesday night.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Apr. 2026
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This environment dictates utilization of sea-bed crawler unmanned systems these can be legged, tracked or can employ both for locomotion.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
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For me, color is the emotional landscape of the room and totally dictates the mood for every space.—
Eleni N. Gage,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 May 2026
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Granit Xhaka was the midfielder primarily tasked with threading progressive passes through opposing lines, while Florian Wirtz would often receive these with space to turn and run towards goal.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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Southeast Asia doesn’t have the luxury to bet its economic future on a 6,000-mile supply chain that passes through a single, 21-mile-wide chokepoint, the Strait of Hormuz.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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The lawsuit requests the release of town hall video from the night of the encounter.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
19 May 2026
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One reason why the suit requests a preliminary injunction so that that doesn’t happen.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 May 2026
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“Ordains.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ordains. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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