How to Use predetermine in a Sentence

predetermine

verb
  • The sex of the child is predetermined when the egg is fertilized.
  • In none of these wars have the tools predetermined the results.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023
  • To a certain extent, a boy's height as an adult is predetermined from birth.
    — Maria Carter, Parents, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Now, so much is on contract and predetermined.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Yet, some people believe that the game is rigged and predetermined each year.
    — Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Yes, even the robots have predetermined blind spots.
    — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • But her destiny of joining the armed forces was not predetermined.
    — Justin Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 May 2018
  • This amount may or may not be predetermined as set or flexible between new hires.
    — Mark Fadden, star-telegram.com, 23 June 2017
  • Yet the band had predetermined the time frame on the basis of ideas of self-preservation.
    — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
  • This arrangement is akin to putting the wolf in charge of the hen house — the conclusion seems predetermined.
    — Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
  • Who needs input when the outcome is predetermined?
    — Jon Harris Maurer, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026
  • Why spend money on bribes, books and exams when the future was already predetermined?
    — New York Times, 8 Aug. 2019
  • The primaries will be ugly, the outcome no longer predetermined.
    — Laura Jedeed, The New Republic, 4 Mar. 2023
  • The supply is capped at twenty-one million coins, with issuance predetermined by code.
    — Becca Bratcher, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • By the finale, the choices our main trio make feel inevitable, almost predetermined.
    — Zachary Siegel, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
  • While the odds of a genetic disease are much higher, the outcome is far from predetermined.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Exact sizes and shapes of elements are predetermined, and holes can even be pre-drilled for attachment points.
    — Kurt Kleiner, JSTOR Daily, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The path for Andersson isn’t predetermined; there is a range of outcomes for how his next deal could age.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 11 June 2026
  • And this lease essentially predetermine the outcome of the bidding process that the city held.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2022
  • Carlos Alcaraz is so good, so young, and wins so often that his success has seemed predetermined.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 28 May 2023
  • The exact age at which graying of hair happens is predetermined by genetics.
    — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2024
  • In LaRoche’s gym, nothing can be predetermined.
    — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • An employer will often predetermine the length of time the assignment will be.
    — Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 11 July 2023
  • The fates of different places are not predetermined, though—city- or statewide public-health orders matter a lot.
    — Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2020
  • Building through the draft is also a way to maximize cap space, too, as salaries for draft picks are predetermined and affordable.
    — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2018
  • And that ancestral gene isn’t predetermined, since a number of possible versions could have done the trick.
    — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2017
  • As such, the outcome of the vote at the special meeting is already predetermined, Zagar said.
    — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Unlike most competitions in spring, the outcome of this one wasn’t predetermined.
    — Tim Britton, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Hoes, plows, sewing machines, and computers are products of past labor whose values have been predetermined.
    — Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Above all, outcomes are never predetermined.
    — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026

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