as in to ordain
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Contemporary issues Since 1962, only bishops can be created cardinals; priests must agree to be ordained as bishops before being made cardinal.—
Joanne M. Pierce,
The Conversation,
15 Jan. 2025 -
Brambilla’s appointment is the latest move by Francis to show by example how women can take leadership roles within the Catholic hierarchy, albeit without allowing them to be ordained as priests.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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Millions of lives were affected, the politics of the Midwest grew more embittered, and none of it was fated.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
The New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2025
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Wall Street investors believe that, at least in the short term, certain asset classes such as gold and bitcoin could be fated to mirror their performances from the first time Donald Trump took office in 2017.—
Lisa Kailai Han,Gabriel Cortés,
CNBC,
20 Jan. 2025
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There’s no real shape to their journey, no unexpected pitfalls or subplots or surprises; even a rambunctious interlude in a modern-day supermarket feels curiously predetermined.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
26 Jan. 2025
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New evidence reveals that behavior may be predetermined by genetics.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine, in February, 2022, was no more inevitable or foreordained than the U.S. invasion of Iraq, in 2003.—
Keith Gessen,
The New Yorker,
12 June 2023
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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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All three investors predict that crude oil prices will rise this time around.—
Lisa Kailai Han,Gabriel Cortés,
CNBC,
20 Jan. 2025
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For decades, theorists favored this mass range because several simple extensions of the Standard Model of particle physics predicted the existence of such particles.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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That hasn’t stopped our stalwart insiders from viewing them and preferentially voting in 10 Oscar categories (most points for most likely, or most hoped for, to succeed) for your prognosticating pleasure.—
Michael Ordoña,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Nov. 2024
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Relying on polls and the prognosticating reputation of their Washington correspondent, editors announced the victory of Republican New York Gov. Thomas Dewey over the incumbent president, Democrat Harry S. Truman.—
Mary McNamara,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Nov. 2024
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Though Kendall finished well before Stricker on Sunday, the result felt predestined.—
Jim Owczarski,
Journal Sentinel,
11 June 2023
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Genes do not predestine one individual to complete fewer years of schooling than another or one individual to score higher on a cognitive performance test than another.—
Robbee Wedow,
Scientific American,
26 May 2022
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With you as parents, this baby is destined to be amazing (and very, very loved).—
Anna Moeslein,
Parents,
21 Jan. 2025
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And as such, is it destined to get a season 2 itself?—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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