Synonyms for preordain:
verb appoint
Examples of uses:
The Hot Takedown team disputes any notions that the Suns and the Bucks are merely lucky to have gotten this far and that super-teams like the Lakers, Nets and Clippers were preordained to be champs without their pesky injuries.
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Title: New Sports And Old Problems At The Olympics, author: Sarah Shachat, url: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/new-sports-and-old-problems-at-the-olympics/
Those numbers preordained the presidential election results.
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Title: Mitch McConnell needs to remember why Republicans are in such poor standing in D.C., author: Colbert King, url: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mitch-mcconnell-needs-to-remember-why-republicans-are-in-such-poor-standing-in-dc/2021/03/26/b1162402-8db0-11eb-a730-1b4ed9656258_story.html
