as in dooming
to determine the fate of in advance
his extreme height seemed to destine him for a career in basketball
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Consider the two-year cycle of Moore’s Law, which changed the world and inspired new corporate giants while dooming others.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025 -
While in most places these efforts succeeded in the short term, over time the lived realities—particularly the everyday violence—of military rule undermined support for the royal cause, dooming efforts to resuscitate the British Empire in America.—
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9 Oct. 2025
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“Destining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/destining. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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