as in to ordain
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In 1694, Jonathan Swift is ordained a deacon in the Church of Ireland.—
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25 Oct. 2025 -
The teachings of the two traditions align on many major issues, but the Catholic Church does not ordain women and generally does not allow priests to marry.—
Joshua McElwee,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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Schwerner was fated to go down in American history as one of the three Civil Rights workers murdered by the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi in 1964.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
15 Oct. 2025
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It’s fated for Anderson to thrive.—
Maya AlZaben,
Vogue,
30 Sep. 2025
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When the destination is predetermined, the journey matters that much more.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
23 Oct. 2025
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Without a fair and open bidding process, potential competitors may not even submit bids, believing the outcome is predetermined.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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Wagner commented that in opera the orchestra should act as a medium of premonition, indicating what is foreordained but not yet foreseen.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
7 Oct. 2024
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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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Those who predicted a doomed future for all of humanity called us addicts and criminals, leeches and slime (and way worse things) because we were detested, shouted at, dragged by our arms across bedrooms and public sporting events.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Despite what the students view as anti-conservative bias, one predicted a conservative uprising, citing the assassination of Charlie Kirk as fuel for more right-leaning college students to speak out.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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And some experts even prognosticate a Final Four appearance for Kelsey in Year 2.—
Payton Titus,
Louisville Courier Journal,
23 Oct. 2025
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In the midst of the chaos, Bleacher Report's Grant Hughes has offered a brutal prediction as far as Tatum is concerned, prognosticating that the C's will never again win another title with the Duke product as their top option.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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Ferrari Given his name, Adam Driver was seemingly predestined to play the man behind the world's most prestigious sports car.—
Hannah Kerns,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Your luck in life is predestined in a way.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2025
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Rotterdam Unveils Nine World Premieres The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has unveiled a first wave of world premieres for its 2026 edition, announcing nine titles destined for its Bright Future and Harbour programming strands.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
23 Oct. 2025
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Gas prices, as measured by AAA, looked destined to break through the psychologically important $3-a-gallon level.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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