as in to ordain
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Qualified people who could be priests except for archaic laws that no longer serve us continue to wait to be invited into the ranks of those who have been ordained.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Aug. 2025 -
The move also contrasts with Pope Francis, who said no to moving into the papal apartments when he was ordained in 2013, choosing instead a Vatican guesthouse.—
Greg Wehner , Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Unfortunately, we are fated to see two versions of the same events every time.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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Even still, the property preserves its tropical, midcentury modern inspiration in a way that feels fated never to go out of style.—
Carley Rojas Ávila,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The animation studio, Ufotable, took great pains to match the look of the original manga, which matters to the fans, since everything this film dramatizes has essentially been predetermined in pulp form: The manga wrapped in 2020, and the ultra-faithful films are basically catching up to them.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
12 Sep. 2025
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Critics pointed to a lack of qualifications for the new committee members, with more than half never having published research on vaccinations and many having predetermined hostility toward vaccines.—
Jordan Miller,
The Conversation,
5 Sep. 2025
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Wagner commented that in opera the orchestra should act as a medium of premonition, indicating what is foreordained but not yet foreseen.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
7 Oct. 2024
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Before anything else is said about Lana Del Rey’s new album, let it be noted that however well the record came out, it was foreordained to come in second among her artistic works of the past year.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2023
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Before all that happened, though, there was the eight-course dinner, which went totally fine as predicted.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
16 Sep. 2025
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Explore Fall, a website that provides resources and tools to track the changing colors of leaves, is predicting an earlier and quicker fall foliage peak for the millions of people looking to see this year's natural spectacle.—
Kyle Reiman,
ABC News,
16 Sep. 2025
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In the midst of the chaos, Bleacher Report's Grant Hughes has offered a brutal prediction as far as Tatum is concerned, prognosticating that the C's will never again win another title with the Duke product as their top option.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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Bank of America Securities analyst Robert Ohmes just downgraded Target from hold to sell, prognosticating another 10-15% share drop.—
Noah Barsky,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Ferrari Given his name, Adam Driver was seemingly predestined to play the man behind the world's most prestigious sports car.—
Hannah Kerns,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Your luck in life is predestined in a way.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2025
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In the 2000s the telescope supported the European Space Agency's missions Mars Express and Rosetta, destined for Mars and Comet 67/P respectively.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Passionate about hospitality, Barrett also had the keys to the 853-square-foot interior space, which opens onto a 1,285-square-foot courtyard, that was destined for a dining concept.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Predestinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predestinate. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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