dooms 1 of 2

plural of doom
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dooms

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verb

present tense third-person singular of doom

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of dooms
Noun
Sam Altman and Elon Musk have dooms above 10 and into the 20s. Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
To find the killer, Sherlock Holmes and Watson will have to brave desolate moors before a family curse dooms the newest heirs. Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025 This potentially dooms them to 48 hours in the nearest town. Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025 Despite concerns that failure to be in the blue reading group in first grade dooms a child’s adult options to a career in coal mining (or worse, a lesser UC), both have been completely self-supporting (and not in the coal-mining industry) since graduating from college. Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dooms
Noun
  • Critics argue that these emergency rulings—often issued without a full briefing or detailed explanation—risk solidifying major policy shifts before courts can assess their legality.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Technically, these decisions to halt lower court rulings are temporary, because the court did not hear arguments in the cases, nor was there full briefing.
    Nina Totenberg, NPR, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Van Kaizen’s model is demanding and best suited for those with an entrepreneurial streak who want to control their own destinies.
    Matt Emma, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Time may be running out for Lorenz Hart, but other great artistic destinies are still being written.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Regardless of their fates, the actors who portrayed them — including breakout stars Alexander Skarsgård and Joe Manganiello — have stayed with us.
    Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Their fates become entangled with Janszoon’s as his pirate empire faces threats from rivals and his own family.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Hers is prose in which sentences judder and disintegrate and run over each other.
    Book Marks August 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Although some policy decisions, such as those around trade, remain unsettled, Gallucci noted there is now a bit more clarity regarding some major economic drivers.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
  • He was poised with the puck, made savvy decisions and ran a pretty effective power play.
    Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Athletic walks you through the big talking points for the week, from the change in format to the potential fortunes of the three English clubs on Europe’s greatest stage.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • All have tried to boost CBS News’ fortunes with programming swings and new digital focus.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Both deaths are portrayed in the show.
    JR Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Violent crime lower this summer in Indianapolis IndyStar and Indianapolis Metropolitan Police data show that in the first six months of 2025, there was a significant dip in year-to-date deaths compared to the past five years.
    Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Latino civil rights organization condemns attack The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), a national civil rights organization for Latinos, condemned the attack at the ICE facility.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The measure, introduced by House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, passed on a vote of 310 to 58 and condemns the killing of Kirk.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2025

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