foreordain

You can bet your ass that when HL3 is released as foreordained by the prophecies, it will be a Direct3D-only title at first. And remain so for at least a year.

There was nothing foreordained about it being an issue at all. Even if I’m wrong about that, they did harm to the people who listened to their advice.

Made a lot more, and he said his money was foreordained. Another data point: most successful gamblers seem to treat gambling as a science; bad ones seem to have more OCD rituals to go along with their losing streaks.

Its success seemed foreordained to me from the beginning: a travel site that knows about international flights and whose UI isn't a complete disaster.

What's the purpose of requiring a trial when the outcome is foreordained? Obviously, it's impossible to know exactly who does and doesn't need a trial, which is why everyone is entitled to one.

It took several bizarre twists and turns for Microsoft to end up on top, but it was far from foreordained that they would. Other obvious competitors included Lotus and VisiCalc, folks who seemed poised to have strong offerings nestled in the bosom of a growing computer industry.

You are for sure, in the sense that life is a speculative bubble that'll eventually end in the heat death of the universe, and your exit is foreordained. If you're looking for more actionable advice, it may be worth comparing the expected lifetime of the speculative bubble to your lifetime.

For advertising, PR, and propaganda, all of the actual material can be taken with a grain of salt and the conclusions can be ignored, because the conclusions were foreordained. As an example, take something you aren't personally well-disposed toward.