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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
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
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
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
Noun
Sam Altman and Elon Musk have dooms above 10 and into the 20s.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
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
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
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
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School dance team members, being female exclusively, are not restricted by Title IX restrictions the way boys in baseball and basketball are restricted by Title IX rulings.—
Joe Kinsey OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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In the hours after the Missouri Supreme Court upheld the state’s gerrymandered congressional map, the two rulings have ushered in a chaotic and uncertain period for Kansas City voters.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2026
Noun
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The movies before this one, their destinies were so half-hazard.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
13 May 2026
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Cannes is a maker of destinies.—
Norine Raja,
Vanity Fair,
11 May 2026
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Yet this is also a meeting of the world’s two most powerful presidents, so ever present amid the discussions of airplane and soybean purchases will be the fates of two other nations, Iran and Taiwan.—
Vivian Salama,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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And within his own country’s history, particularly, Dhont discovered the fates that met would-be deserters who were caught — brutal sentences often leading to death.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
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The case now goes to a hearing scheduled for June 1, where his attorneys will be allowed to argue his life be spared before Munyon formally sentences him.—
Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Apr. 2026
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The Seoul Central District Court sentences Yoon to five years in prison for resisting arrest and fabricating the martial law proclamation, the first verdict against Yoon.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Feb. 2026
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The Sun forms a cazimi with Mercury in Taurus in your 3rd House of Communication, illuminating messages, conversations, errands, and daily decisions with unusual clarity.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
14 May 2026
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Presidential records are essential for the transfer of power between Administrations and helping lawmakers understand how past decisions were made.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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Hovering over all of this is the existential matter of whether Jeffries and a Democratic House majority can begin to shore up their party’s longer-term fortunes.—
Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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The game has already produced seven winners in 2026, including a rapid stretch in late April and early May when four jackpots were claimed in just four days, underscoring how quickly fortunes have turned this year.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
17 May 2026
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Frieden said that, by the time health workers detected this latest outbreak, cases have outnumbered those reported at the start of the 2014 Ebola epidemic in West Africa, which caused over 28,000 cases and 11,325 deaths over two years.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
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Those figures included three deaths.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
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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.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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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.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Dooms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dooms. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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