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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Global disruptions About 80% of the oil and 90% of the LNG moving through the Strait of Hormuz, between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, is destined for Asian markets.
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Vidya Mani, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2026
About 90 percent of crude oil destined for Asia passes through Hormuz.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 25 Mar. 2026
What engrossed him and his team was the Alto’s graphical display, which was destined to make the text-only displays of contemporary computers obsolete.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
The 12-seat chef’s counter concept destined for Michelin wattage was born of SingleThread co-founders Kyle and Katina Connaughton’s connections to Japan.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Mar. 2026
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Vidya Mani, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2026
About 90 percent of crude oil destined for Asia passes through Hormuz.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 25 Mar. 2026
What engrossed him and his team was the Alto’s graphical display, which was destined to make the text-only displays of contemporary computers obsolete.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
The 12-seat chef’s counter concept destined for Michelin wattage was born of SingleThread co-founders Kyle and Katina Connaughton’s connections to Japan.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for destine
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Maybe she was doomed, and her children doomed, to be held captive to this fate forever.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
22 Mar. 2026
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The ability to read and comprehend is a foundational skill without which students are doomed to fail in mathematics and other subject matters.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
21 Mar. 2026
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He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Grand Island in 1994 and served as vicar general and pastor of the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary before his 2021 appointment to Colorado Springs, according to the archdiocese.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
26 Mar. 2026
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The church ordained its first female priests in 1994 and its first female bishop in 2015.—
Danica Kirka,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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Watch out for whatever is fated this go-around.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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Sparkling Miss Camberg was fated to wed the man whose name so closely mirrored her own.—
Miranda Seymour,
The New York Review of Books,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Destine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/destine. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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