as in fated
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as in doomed
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 destined
Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 9 Apr. 2025
Detroit’s playoff drought looks destined to go to nine years, the second-longest active drought of any team (Buffalo is the longest at 14), and tied for the fourth-longest drought in NHL history.
—Max Bultman, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Astronomers have discovered a rare pair of white dwarfs destined to explode in a spectacular supernova in Earth’s cosmic neighborhood.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Apr. 2025
After that, the show was destined for Sondheim’s home turf.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 9 Apr. 2025
Historically, the Intercontinental Championship has served as a crucial proving ground for talents destined for world championship glory.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
The story served as a resolution to help prove that America was unique and not destined to experience the interminable rivalries and miseries of the Old World.
— Made By History, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Back in February, the judge hinted the defamation claim would survive but the extortion claim appeared destined for dismissal.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2025
On still larger scales, or the scales of cosmic filaments or the space between multiple galaxy clusters, some of them are drifting apart, destined to dissociate.
—Big Think, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
The two floors dedicated to offices — including Martin’s personal one — as well as a basement space destined to content production and the brand’s archives are also undergoing the finishing touches.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 9 Apr. 2025
Detroit’s playoff drought looks destined to go to nine years, the second-longest active drought of any team (Buffalo is the longest at 14), and tied for the fourth-longest drought in NHL history.
—Max Bultman, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Astronomers have discovered a rare pair of white dwarfs destined to explode in a spectacular supernova in Earth’s cosmic neighborhood.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Apr. 2025
After that, the show was destined for Sondheim’s home turf.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 9 Apr. 2025
Historically, the Intercontinental Championship has served as a crucial proving ground for talents destined for world championship glory.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
The story served as a resolution to help prove that America was unique and not destined to experience the interminable rivalries and miseries of the Old World.
— Made By History, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Back in February, the judge hinted the defamation claim would survive but the extortion claim appeared destined for dismissal.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2025
On still larger scales, or the scales of cosmic filaments or the space between multiple galaxy clusters, some of them are drifting apart, destined to dissociate.
—Big Think, 14 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for destined
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An away victory would have doomed Peru completely but now the race to qualify, for that play-off spot at least, is back on.—
Joseph O'Sullivan,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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But without empathy, responsibility, agency, and free will he is doomed to remain a wooden facsimile.—
Ann Kowal Smith,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Much of this equipment, Weinreb notes, is at the cutting edge of the field, allowing imaging of the retina and other eye structures that was not possible not long ago.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 June 2025
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Because there was such little evidence, state police said further forensic testing was not possible.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
22 June 2025
Adjective
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Multiple aviation experts The Times spoke with pointed to the distinct sound audible in the video shot from a nearby rooftop as evidence for likely deployment of the flight’s emergency power generator.—
Mika Gröndahl,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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There’s also the likely end of the AGOA preferential trade policy, then there’s the overwhelming focus on African citizens facing US visa restrictions.—
Yinka Adegoke,
semafor.com,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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The March flight failed in similar fashion, but SpaceX's investigators determined the most probable root cause was a hardware failure in one of the ship's engines, a different failure mode than two months before.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
19 June 2025
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For his next act, Bill Zito tries something else no one thought possible, financially practical or any-which-way probable.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
19 June 2025
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“Destined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/destined. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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