Example Sentences

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But so often, providers in the wellness space have predetermined these root causes, for example, automatically saying that condition X is caused by eating gluten,” she said.

From Seattle Times • May 1, 2023

High-schoolers make good candidates because they don’t have predetermined notions of what the job is like, and they’re open to learning - a key part of the job.

From Washington Times • Oct. 25, 2020

For the first time, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture, which oversee the committee giving recommendations for the guidelines, have predetermined the topics that will be addressed.

From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2019

You’ll tell the senators that you don’t have predetermined votes on the matters you may hear.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 10, 2018

My dear Keyork, we are old acquaintances, and I trust you implicitly to do whatever you have predetermined to do for the advantage of your studies, unless some one interferes with you.

From The Witch of Prague by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)