as in accident
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
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The fact that such different sets of circumstances led to very different kinds of accidents, should provide some reassurance to the flying public, with no connective tissue linking one accident to another.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
11 Feb. 2025
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Just months later, in February 2024, Goldman spoke again to PEOPLE about how a car accident almost left Josephine without a dad.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
11 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
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Having a cobot lift boxes instead of an employee, for example, saves his company hazard and injury situations that can be more costly than a cobot.—
Myesha Johnson The Detroit News (TNS),
arkansasonline.com,
9 Feb. 2025
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Crime, courts and policing Immigration crackdown could deter workers from reporting hazards, advocates warn.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 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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Jacobs said the Sacramento Kings also had a chance at getting basketball star Luka Doncic earlier but ultimately passed over the player, whose trade to the Los Angeles Lakers caused waves across the sports industry.—
Laya Neelakandan,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2025
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Chatsworth closes out West Valley League play Friday at Birmingham. Fairfax 65, Venice 60: The Lions helped their playoff chances behind Muhammad Singleton, who scored 28 points.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2025
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That’s not always easy with the onslaught of doom and gloom we’re met with.—
Raisa Habersham,
Miami Herald,
6 Feb. 2025
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Lyles was asked if the sense of doom and gloom was a product of all the uncertainty surrounding the team with the trade deadline looming.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacramento Bee,
2 Feb. 2025
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“Predestination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predestination. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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