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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Recent Examples of destine
But a grounder by Kody Clemens, which seemed destined to be a double play, bounced off Cronenworth’s glove and through his legs.
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
But an investigation that once seemed destined to culminate in a historic punishment against the casino has so far failed to move with the same speed as the ancillary case that convicted Mizuhara and cleared Ohtani, whose Dodgers are favored by oddsmakers to win this year’s World Series.
—David Amsden, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
According to legend, tossing a coin from someone’s right hand over their left shoulder into the monument means the thrower is destined to return to Rome.
—Colson Thayer, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
And for the first time, electricity bills seem destined to have a political valence.
—Justin Worland, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
But an investigation that once seemed destined to culminate in a historic punishment against the casino has so far failed to move with the same speed as the ancillary case that convicted Mizuhara and cleared Ohtani, whose Dodgers are favored by oddsmakers to win this year’s World Series.
—David Amsden, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
According to legend, tossing a coin from someone’s right hand over their left shoulder into the monument means the thrower is destined to return to Rome.
—Colson Thayer, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
And for the first time, electricity bills seem destined to have a political valence.
—Justin Worland, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for destine
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The mission was doomed, and the satellite crashed back to Earth.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
6 Sep. 2025
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As a direct result of that hospitality, the women’s respective causes soon become more aligned than either Joan or Alina would have wanted, and any harm visited upon one of them eventually threatens to doom the other as well.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
6 Sep. 2025
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Qualified people who could be priests except for archaic laws that no longer serve us continue to wait to be invited into the ranks of those who have been ordained.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Aug. 2025
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The move also contrasts with Pope Francis, who said no to moving into the papal apartments when he was ordained in 2013, choosing instead a Vatican guesthouse.—
Greg Wehner , Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Libra Season paired with Mars in Scorpio is about teamwork that feels fated, partnerships that feel like destiny, and art that heals the collective.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
29 Aug. 2025
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But these issues will be resolved because more viable donor organs, whether from humans, other species or created in a lab, means fewer people will be fated to sit (and perhaps die) on a transplant waiting list.—
David A. Brenner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Destine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/destine. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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