- present participle of predetermine.
Example Sentences
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The rule directs employers to consider six criteria for determining whether a worker is an employee or a contractor, without predetermining whether one outweighs the other.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2024
There was speculation at the time that Richard Williams was predetermining the results of his daughters’ matches — speculation that the Williamses denied — but the late withdrawal sparked suspicion and upset spectators.
From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2022
Hoarding and hiding information relevant to such differences, which amounts to predetermining a verdict of “guilty as charged,” violates basic principles of fair play and gives rise to justified resentment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2018
The other is to simplify budgeting by predetermining the number of counties in each tier.
From Washington Times • Dec. 30, 2015
Both ways were—ALIVE, both obedient to impulses over which we had no more control and no more way of predetermining than mice in some complex, man-made trap.
From The Metal Monster by Merritt, Abraham