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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Splurge-Worthy For mid-century modern enthusiasts, the Narin folding chair from Design Within Reach is destined to be your party’s problem solver.
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Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 7 Aug. 2025
Nolan produced the flick, and with Zack Snyder at the helm, Man of Steel brought us a more brooding, haunted Kryptonian strongman seemingly destined to wander the world a shell of himself.
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Yet at what point does this organization just admit that if Tyler Herro is our best offensive player that we will be destined for mediocrity?
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2025
He seems destined to earn a lucrative deal on the open market.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
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Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 7 Aug. 2025
Nolan produced the flick, and with Zack Snyder at the helm, Man of Steel brought us a more brooding, haunted Kryptonian strongman seemingly destined to wander the world a shell of himself.
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Yet at what point does this organization just admit that if Tyler Herro is our best offensive player that we will be destined for mediocrity?
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2025
He seems destined to earn a lucrative deal on the open market.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
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When the cost and time differential is so vast, the legacy approach is doomed.—
Dr. Jonathan Reichental,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Maybe things would have turned out differently if the team was in Hartford all along, but any efforts, no matter how sincere, to make that happen now were doomed.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
3 Aug. 2025
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Plant churches do not require a centralized governing body to ordain their founding.—
Samuel Perry,
The Conversation,
20 June 2025
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Although it’s been ordaining openly gay ministers since the 1970s, UCC isn’t the only church opening its doors to LGBTQ+ worshippers.—
Matt Alderton,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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The themes this eclipse brings, celebrity astrologer Kyle Thomas tells PEOPLE, could become more prominent (or fated and destined) in the months to come.—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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This prompted many Wall Street analysts to revise their opinions on the impact of Trump’s tariff regime on the economy, and on whether the economy is fated for a stagflationary mix of high inflation and low growth, a stock-market correction, or even a recession.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Destine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/destine. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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