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
Here’s some good news: Our galaxy may not be destined to end in a fiery collision with the Andromeda galaxy as soon as previously thought.
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Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2025
One thing is clear: Until the Sky can secure the basketball, their season is destined to continue its freefall toward the bottom of the WNBA.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025
This channel is mainly destined for the more approachable lines like Omnia, while the high-end Bulgari Le Gemme is distributed at only 5 percent of the current wholesale network, Colombo said.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 17 June 2025
Everything’s Going to Be Great suggests that all of this is destined to become fodder, someday, for Les’ brilliant creative career.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2025
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Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2025
One thing is clear: Until the Sky can secure the basketball, their season is destined to continue its freefall toward the bottom of the WNBA.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025
This channel is mainly destined for the more approachable lines like Omnia, while the high-end Bulgari Le Gemme is distributed at only 5 percent of the current wholesale network, Colombo said.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 17 June 2025
Everything’s Going to Be Great suggests that all of this is destined to become fodder, someday, for Les’ brilliant creative career.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for destine
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But in 1931, the German mathematician Kurt Gödel demonstrated that any interesting system of mathematical axioms is doomed to incompleteness.—
Gregory Barber,
Quanta Magazine,
20 June 2025
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The Hornets nearly lost the program in the early 1990s amid sweeping budget cuts that doomed a number of statewide college football programs in California, but a student referendum saved the sport.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
19 June 2025
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The Catholic leader, ordained in 1981 as a member of the Order of Saint Augustine, was elected pope on May 8 to succeed Pope Francis, who died in April of a stroke and heart failure, according to a death certificate written by a Vatican doctor released in late April.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
12 June 2025
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His brother John became a Catholic school principal in Chicago, and Louis was serving in the U.S. Navy when Leo was ordained as a priest in 1982.—
Jesus Mesa
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 May 2025
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Leaving it all to fate served Hodge well, as his ticket matched all five numbers in the drawing.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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One saga examined closely by Olley as part of the research told the story of a fetus, still in his mother's womb, who ends up fated to avenge his father, being inscribed even before birth into complex social and political dynamics of kinship, feuds and violence.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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“Destine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/destine. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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