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pre·or·dain [ˌpri:ɔ:ˈdeɪn, Am -ɔ:rˈ-] VB trans usu passive form

to be preordained

a preordained path [or route] [or direction]

to be preordained to fail

a preordained path [or route] [or direction]

to be preordained to fail

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However, saving the astronauts was neither the most probable outcome of that particular crisis nor was it preordained in any way. thehill.com

It was exciting to see something happen that wasn't preordained to happen. pitchfork.com

She eventually enters the palace, knowing that her fate is preordained and unavoidable. en.wikipedia.org

They divide geographic spheres of operation preordained by a political overlord. opinion.inquirer.net

I look forward to gathering the evidence showing how certain individuals made sure the outcome was preordained. espn.go.com

The threshold of modernity may be marked precisely at the moment when the unquestioned legitimacy of a divinely preordained social order began to decline. ncronline.org

Moreover, lese-majeste prosecutions are being tried in closed door military courts, with the verdict preordained. www.huffingtonpost.com

It was a meaningless mime, a ritual, a kabuki drama in which the outcome was utterly preordained. www.telegraph.co.uk

Light, therefore, is a human right that is preordained by creation itself. opinion.inquirer.net

Lab employees began to work backwards, from a conclusion preordained by the prosecutors they served, and sought to justify that conclusion rather than using more scientific research paradigms. en.wikipedia.org

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