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That has appeared to offend Justice Kelly, who devoted chunks of his Tuesday victory speech to condemning the idea that Judge Protasiewicz had predetermined opinions about subjects likely to come before the court.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2023

Calvin espoused a doctrine known as predestination, which held that God had predetermined which souls would be granted salvation upon death and which were destined for hell.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

They would maintain a pretense of competition for bids, but they had predetermined the outcome in meetings in São Paulo.

From Slate • Aug. 7, 2016

“My impression was they had predetermined decisions and if you didn’t get with the program you were sort of labeled and ostracized, really,” said one former minerals agency scientist.

From New York Times • May 20, 2010

The man for whom she had predetermined to nourish a passion went into the small room, and across it to the further extremity.

From The Return of the Native by Hardy, Thomas