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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of predetermine.

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Examples

  • By appearing to agree to Israel's demand that they keep settlement blocs and maintain a security presence in the Jordan Valley, the U.S. risks weighing in on two critical final status issues in a manner that predetermines their outcome.

    James Zogby: What Is the Logic? James Zogby 2010

  • He must take a strong hand with the "unnamed senior officials" who are again working to box him into a decision-making process that predetermines the outcomes in favor of a protracted war.

    Derrick Crowe: Delaying an Afghanistan Drawdown Is Political and Policy Suicide Derrick Crowe 2010

  • There's: "The system that governs the commercial art world does so by enforcing a language of inaccessibility and speculated value" and "predetermines who the participants are and whom the artists will have to work through in order to participate."

    With Furthermore, Jose Ruiz aims for more 'fluid' art market Jessica Dawson 2010

  • By appearing to agree to Israel's demand that they keep settlement blocs and maintain a security presence in the Jordan Valley, the U.S. risks weighing in on two critical final status issues in a manner that predetermines their outcome.

    James Zogby: What Is the Logic? James Zogby 2010

  • By appearing to agree to Israel's demand that they keep settlement blocs and maintain a security presence in the Jordan Valley, the U.S. risks weighing in on two critical final status issues in a manner that predetermines their outcome.

    James Zogby: What Is the Logic? James Zogby 2010

  • Simply put, this doctrine means that God knows in advance all events, He predetermines all events, and He wills all events and, therefore, all events take place in accordance with what God knew, planned and willed.

    Printing: Divine Will and Human Freedom -- Part I. Divine Predestination: How Far Real? 2010

  • The Palestinians say continued settlement-building is a sign of bad faith because it predetermines Israeli authority over territory they claim as a future state.

    Netanyahu Allies Apply Pressure 2010

  • Simply put, this doctrine means that God knows in advance all events, He predetermines all events, and He wills all events and, therefore, all events take place in accordance with what God knew, planned and willed.

    Divine Will and Human Freedom -- Part I. Divine Predestination: How Far Real? 2010

  • We hear about "sel fi sh genes," as if our genetic makeup predetermines that we will be egotistic people and that we will fi ght with one another.

    John Robbins: Human Nature: What Kind of Creature Are We? 2010

  • By appearing to agree to Israel's demand that they keep settlement blocs and maintain a security presence in the Jordan Valley, the U.S. risks weighing in on two critical final status issues in a manner that predetermines their outcome.

    James Zogby: What Is the Logic? James Zogby 2010

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