predetermine

• Can she keep an open mind, can she analyze situations on a case-by-case basis - or will theology and ideology predetermine her decisions? —  San Francisco Sentinel
• "And if, in fact, it's shown essentially senior officials in the Bush administration at the White House and others were dictating and in collusion with the lawyers with the Justice Department to sort-of predetermine what the outcome was, then, in fact, the look into how these memos, could go elsewhere; It could go beyond just the authors of these memos into the people who … Into the clients they were seeking to please." —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
• "What I don't want to do is predetermine this based on a very rigid ideological approach." —  WORLDMag.com
• Armistice Agreement stipulated that it did not serve to predetermine the rights of any party in the final resolution of conflict. —  IMRA Middle East News Updates
• At the demand of the Arab side, the armistice agreement included a clause that stipulated that nothing in this agreement would predetermine the rights of any party with regard to the final resolution of the outstanding issues through peaceful means. —  IMRA Middle East News Updates

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