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the belief that everything that will happen has already been predetermined and cannot be changed
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Recent Examples of predestination
This is a fun twist on the ancient idea of prophecy or predestination and, as such, makes for some compelling narrative uses—for a while, anyway.
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Jennifer Ouellette and Sean M. Carroll, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2023
Entertainment Score: 7 Science Score: 9 Arrival (2016) Enlarge / Denis Villeneuve's first foray into sci-fi offers a fun twist on the ancient idea of prophesy or predestination.
—Jennifer Ouellette and Sean M. Carroll, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2023
In a place where both psychohistory and predestination exist, how much does personal choice matter?
—Marah Eakin, WIRED, 14 July 2023
Weber pointed in particular to the Calvinist notion of predestination—the belief that God decided whether each individual would be saved or damned before the person was even born.
—Benjamin M. Friedman, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2021
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Jennifer Ouellette and Sean M. Carroll, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2023
Entertainment Score: 7 Science Score: 9 Arrival (2016) Enlarge / Denis Villeneuve's first foray into sci-fi offers a fun twist on the ancient idea of prophesy or predestination.
—Jennifer Ouellette and Sean M. Carroll, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2023
In a place where both psychohistory and predestination exist, how much does personal choice matter?
—Marah Eakin, WIRED, 14 July 2023
Weber pointed in particular to the Calvinist notion of predestination—the belief that God decided whether each individual would be saved or damned before the person was even born.
—Benjamin M. Friedman, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predestination
Noun
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Scottie Scheffler, making his season debut after a freak kitchen accident that required surgery on his hand, is only six shots off the lead.—
Gabby Herzig,
The Athletic,
2 Feb. 2025
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Transportation accidents retain the ability to surprise.—
Matthew L. Wald,
The New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2025
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The epic second chapter in this Dune adaptation trilogy sees Paul Atreides reluctantly step into his messianic desert destiny.—
Jordan Minor,
PCMAG,
29 Jan. 2025
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Growth is the watchword as the filmmakers also weave in stories (well, folktales) from Norwegian traditions concerned with the Norns, a trio of Norse deities believed to be responsible for the shaping of human destiny and tasked with caring for Yggdrasill, the tree at the center of everything.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
25 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Employees are properly trained to see hazards of placing plugs and being near them after they’ve been inflated.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2025
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That’s a health hazard for everyone, but especially residents sifting through wreckage without proper protective gear.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2025
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No player made more than the Netherlands international’s 27 defensive actions, but this was by design rather than luck with his manager fully aware of the danger Bournemouth pose down the flanks.—
Mark Carey,
The Athletic,
3 Feb. 2025
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So finding the right dessert to bring for any family gathering requires some magic skills and a bit of luck.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
2 Feb. 2025
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But one marquee victory and the avoidance of bad losses seemingly would be enough — enough to get them off the bubble, enough to erase the doubt and enough to side-step the fate that befell BYU in a different sport two months ago.—
Jon Wilner,
The Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2025
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After the blazes, Black laments the fate of the less mobile invertebrates.—
Anton Sorokin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 Feb. 2025
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By happenstance, a Quarterra Multifamily affiliate sold another big apartment complex at a nearby downtown Oakland location about a month earlier in December — also at a price that hinted at weakening values.—
George Avalos,
The Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2025
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An organization’s culture is created either intentionally or by happenstance and will either drive success or derail it.—
Robert Reiss,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Other historic houses survived—sometimes by miraculous chance, sometimes by scrappy effort.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2025
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Don't miss the chance to secure both for life and snatch it up by February 2 at 11:59pm Pacific for just $54.97 (reg.—
StackCommerce Team (Sponsored),
PCMAG,
1 Feb. 2025
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Getty Images Apple defied the doom and gloom that had been building for weeks.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
31 Jan. 2025
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She is released, but the note of impending doom is sounded.—
Peter Rainer,
The Christian Science Monitor,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Predestination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predestination. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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