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Recent Examples of predetermination
The presiding judge granted Sweeney's attorney's request to change the charge to second-degree murder or manslaughter as the court lacked sufficient evidence to try him for first-degree murder since predetermination was not established.
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Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2024
From there we’re introduced to the Time Variance Authority where Loki is taken for messing with predetermination—a strict timeline set up by the powerful and mysterious Time Keepers—and introduced to Agent Mobius (Owen Wilson).
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 8 June 2021
Both seasons of The Umbrella Academy raise questions about the nature of time travel (as presented in the series) and the tension between choice and predetermination.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Aug. 2020
There is comfort in subsuming your sense of individuality to a larger sentiment of prescription and predetermination.
—Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2019
Yet the movie has a mythic thrust that’s partly due to its almost playful manipulation of time, its silent flash-forwards lending the story a feeling of futility and predetermination.
—Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2018
Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2024
From there we’re introduced to the Time Variance Authority where Loki is taken for messing with predetermination—a strict timeline set up by the powerful and mysterious Time Keepers—and introduced to Agent Mobius (Owen Wilson).
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 8 June 2021
Both seasons of The Umbrella Academy raise questions about the nature of time travel (as presented in the series) and the tension between choice and predetermination.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Aug. 2020
There is comfort in subsuming your sense of individuality to a larger sentiment of prescription and predetermination.
—Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2019
Yet the movie has a mythic thrust that’s partly due to its almost playful manipulation of time, its silent flash-forwards lending the story a feeling of futility and predetermination.
—Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predetermination
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All three men were national and international icons whose assassinations — and the theories swirling around them — became the stuff of books, movies, controversy, and the pages of history itself.—
Michael Loria,
USA TODAY,
24 Jan. 2025
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The theory dates to An Emerging Democratic Majority, an influential 2002 book by political scientists John B. Judis and Ruy Teixeira.—
Jane Hong / Made by History,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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Trump and future presidents can test the limits with a presumption of success.—
Axios,
Axios,
22 Jan. 2025
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Yet another person called out the bride's presumption that giving a gift is obligatory.—
Erin Clack,
People.com,
13 Jan. 2025
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Somehow, the assumptions of this defense attorney have been treated with credence over the word of a veteran assistant state’s attorney dedicated to public service.—
Paul Vallas,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Jan. 2025
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Maryland’s green energy plan assumptions are a fantasy.—
David T. Stevenson,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Jan. 2025
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Autonomous agents can analyze vast datasets, generate hypotheses and assist researchers in making breakthroughs.—
Michele Zanello,
Rolling Stone,
28 Jan. 2025
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The analysis supported the hypothesis that there are different origins for repeating and non-repeating FRBs.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
22 Jan. 2025
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Whether that is by design or chance is a matter of speculation and conjecture.—
Jeremy Yurow,
USA TODAY,
17 Jan. 2025
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This is purely conjecture for now until the new staff evaluates the players the Bears have under contract.—
Brad Biggs,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2025
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From renovating their homes to relocating entirely, the constant moves have sparked much speculation.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
28 Jan. 2025
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The Grammy-winning singer returned to Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, more than a year after she was first spotted in the stands as romance speculation swirled.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2025
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The power stocks most exposed to artificial intelligence sold off steeply Monday, as some investors fear that models developed in China could prove more energy efficient, potentially undermining the thesis that electricity demand in the U.S. will surge as the tech sector builds out data centers.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
28 Jan. 2025
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The great joke, and the central thesis, is that the film can accomplish that by using only spare parts.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2025
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The supposition that the crime was committed accidentally seems equally implausible.—
Aja Romano,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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There weren’t any suppositions or guesses about what somebody was thinking or feeling or looked like or anything like that.—
Barbara Booth,
CNBC,
26 Nov. 2024
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“Predetermination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predetermination. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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