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as in rulings
a decision made by a court or tribunal regarding a case it has heard
the judge solemnly pronounced his doom before a hushed courtroom
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as in destinies
a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand
it was her doom to be haunted by the memory of that terrible day
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as in fates
the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities
met his doom at the hands of a rampaging rhinoceros
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as in destines
to determine the fate of in advance
the actor felt that he was doomed to be forever remembered for that one terrible performance
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as in sentences
to impose a judicial punishment on
doomed the murderer to life in prison without the possibility of parole
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Recent Examples of dooms
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Aug. 2025
Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
23 June 2026
Either way, Clark’s decision to deny reality and embrace his monster is what dooms him.
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Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
The message here is not that childhood trauma dooms someone to cancer, says Fuller-Thompson.
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Rob Williams,
EverydayHealth.com,
22 Apr. 2026
Legacy homer dooms Lake Ridge Shayla Gonzalez broke open a 1-1 tie with a 3-run home run in the top of the seventh inning and Mansfield Legacy hung on to beat Mansfield Lake Ridge 4-3 in a District 3-6A showdown on Tuesday night.
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Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Apr. 2026
This leads to the fracture in Catherine and Heathcliff's relationship that dooms them all to ruin.
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Megan McCluskey,
Time,
13 Feb. 2026
Without that sense of desperate loneliness, what dooms Frankenstein and the Creature to their deaths?
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Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 Nov. 2025
In Swan Lake, the ballet this time, the plot furthers this narrative of seduction and manipulation when the black swan Odile dooms Odette, the white swan, to death by heartbreak.
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Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
12 Nov. 2025
Yet, the lack of quality writing and fresh ideas (or even inspired ways to connect to the source material) dooms the project.
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Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
Sam Altman and Elon Musk have dooms above 10 and into the 20s.
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Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Aug. 2025
Verb
This dooms the kingdom to the tyrannical rule of the villainous Priscilla (Nikki Glaser), who swoops in and snatches the throne.
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Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
23 June 2026
Either way, Clark’s decision to deny reality and embrace his monster is what dooms him.
—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
The message here is not that childhood trauma dooms someone to cancer, says Fuller-Thompson.
—
Rob Williams,
EverydayHealth.com,
22 Apr. 2026
Legacy homer dooms Lake Ridge Shayla Gonzalez broke open a 1-1 tie with a 3-run home run in the top of the seventh inning and Mansfield Legacy hung on to beat Mansfield Lake Ridge 4-3 in a District 3-6A showdown on Tuesday night.
—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Apr. 2026
This leads to the fracture in Catherine and Heathcliff's relationship that dooms them all to ruin.
—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
13 Feb. 2026
Without that sense of desperate loneliness, what dooms Frankenstein and the Creature to their deaths?
—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 Nov. 2025
In Swan Lake, the ballet this time, the plot furthers this narrative of seduction and manipulation when the black swan Odile dooms Odette, the white swan, to death by heartbreak.
—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
12 Nov. 2025
Yet, the lack of quality writing and fresh ideas (or even inspired ways to connect to the source material) dooms the project.
—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dooms
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Typically, the Supreme Court rulings released earlier in the term are less divided, and decisions released later in the term tend to break down along ideological lines at a higher rate.
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The Supreme Court reversed those rulings, saying that immigrants from Syria and Haiti are not entitled to judicial orders postponing the terminations of their temporary deportation protections.
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People want to control their own destinies.
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The movies before this one, their destinies were so half-hazard.
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After Phil Nevin and Ron Washington also failed to hold the managerial job for more than two seasons, Minasian hired first-time manager Kurt Suzuki from his own front-office staff last fall, giving him a one-year deal with the acknowledgment that their fates were tied.
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The Miz and Kit Wilson experienced similar fates on the show over the last month.
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A student can ask what claim the file appears to make, where the evidence is thin, which sentences sound inflated, and which lines could have been written by almost any strong applicant.
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Charming sentences to find in a book by the sitting vice president of the United States!
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Andy Burnham, the charismatic former mayor of Greater Manchester, once rebuffed the idea that government decisions should be swayed by investors in its ballooning pile of debt.
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Ippei Naoi | Getty Images Investors continue to rely on professional financial advisers for their final investment decisions, even as artificial intelligence becomes more widely used in the initial stages of research, according to a survey by HSBC.
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Kids whose families had been chased out of half of Europe started the picture studios, the scrap yards that became fortunes, and eventually the software companies that created a whole new world of ones and zeros.
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And the rise of African soccer hasn’t just boosted the fortunes of African teams.
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Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
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Though acquitted of murder, Simpson later was found liable for the deaths in a separate civil case.
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Victim's mother condemns domestic violence In a statement, Beaver's mother, Susan Beaver, said domestic violence affects too many families.
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Olson went on to say that the Holy Father, like his predecessors, consistently condemns acts of terrorism, including those sanctioned by Iran and its surrogates in the Middle East.
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