as in to doom
to determine the fate of in advance
his extreme height seemed to destine him for a career in basketball
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London — The world, hungry for oil, got a modest reprieve earlier this month when Saudi Arabia began diverting millions of barrels of crude —ordinarily destined for ships transiting the blockaded Strait of Hormuz — to its Red Sea port of Yanbu.
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Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
As recently as a few years ago, Dell appeared to be a name destined for the business history books.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
Sporks have come a long way from their humble beginnings in Rhode Island, and as the traveler’s preferred eating utensil, they’re destined to go ever further.
—James Stout, Outside, 29 Mar. 2026
On Saturday, it was destined to be Smith.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026
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Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
As recently as a few years ago, Dell appeared to be a name destined for the business history books.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
Sporks have come a long way from their humble beginnings in Rhode Island, and as the traveler’s preferred eating utensil, they’re destined to go ever further.
—James Stout, Outside, 29 Mar. 2026
On Saturday, it was destined to be Smith.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for destine
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Is Trump citizenship order doomed?—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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Perhaps the international biennial is not doomed to fade away like the art of the medieval troubadour or the magic-lantern show.—
Daniel Birnbaum,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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Cook, ordained in the United Church of Christ, is principal of Faith in the Public Square.—
Peter Cook,
New York Daily News,
3 Apr. 2026
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The first woman to become an Anglican priest was Florence Li Tim-Oi of Hong Kong, who was ordained in Zhaoqing, China, in 1944.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
31 Mar. 2026
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Landscape painters, lithographers, and photographers introduced Easterners to the Romantic West of sublime landscapes filled with tow-ering peaks and deep canyons and Indians who seemed to exist only in small numbers, fated to disappear as American pioneers swept westward.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
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Elsewhere, the Dolphins are engaged in a full-on tank, and the Jets are the Jets, fated for failure until further notice.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Destine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/destine. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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