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
Those are dramatically low numbers that seem destined to rebound back toward 10 percent next season.
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Max Bultman, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
Now Sawe has crossed the line Kiptum seemed destined to break.
—Emmanuel Igunza, NPR, 27 Apr. 2026
Summit defender Carson Pickett steered in an own goal in the 65th minute while trying to clear a pass destined for a back-post tap-in.
—Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026
At a time when we’re seemingly destined for more economic turmoil from federal policy decisions, the last thing our state needs is for our constituents to go without for no good reason.
—Sen. Saud Anwar, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026
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Max Bultman, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
Now Sawe has crossed the line Kiptum seemed destined to break.
—Emmanuel Igunza, NPR, 27 Apr. 2026
Summit defender Carson Pickett steered in an own goal in the 65th minute while trying to clear a pass destined for a back-post tap-in.
—Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026
At a time when we’re seemingly destined for more economic turmoil from federal policy decisions, the last thing our state needs is for our constituents to go without for no good reason.
—Sen. Saud Anwar, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for destine
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Financial turmoil worsened by soaring jet fuel prices doomed the budget carrier, leaving thousands of customers scrambling for flights on other airlines.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2026
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In the year 2027 (which is somehow just one year from now, please stop, passage of time), Children of Men imagines a world where women have been infertile for years, dooming humanity to a slow extinction.—
Grace Dean,
Space.com,
2 May 2026
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While women cannot be ordained as priests or deacons, they are not forbidden from teaching the faith as theologians, catechists and scholars.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
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Yeshivat Maharat, the first Orthodox seminary to ordain women as rabbis, is in New York.—
Michal Raucher,
The Conversation,
30 Apr. 2026
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Like many rags-to-riches stories, the quintet’s rise to fame seemed fated.—
India Roby,
Architectural Digest,
4 May 2026
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Linking their destinities is a man—presumably the traitor’s son of the title—with the extra wrinkle that Elegy is fated to fall in love with him.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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“Destine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/destine. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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