preordaining

verb

present participle of preordain
as in destining
to determine the fate of in advance my wife and I are such soulmates, I'm convinced that our marriage was preordained

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  1. dooming
  2. ordaining
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  • The mission to save NASA's sinking Swift Observatory was called off Wednesday, dooming the telescope to a fiery reentry later this year.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Nuñez gave up a home run to Mike Yastrzemski in the seventh, and Austin Riley followed with one of his own, ultimately dooming the Mets.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of dooming
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  • The church began ordaining women as priests in the 1980s, beginning with Lucia Okuthe of the diocese of Maseno South in 1983.
    — Stephanie TriplettAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The Vatican said dialogue was offered to the ​group ahead of the schism and that the step of ordaining ​bishops without ⁠church approval was considered so grave that excommunication was automatic.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 5 July 2026
Definition of ordaining
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