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
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 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
  • Those rulings will shape whether the prosecution moves toward trial or stalls amid continuing questions about politics, process, and prosecutorial independence.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • This latter point gestures at Ofcom’s High Court battle with GB News earlier this year, during which the news network successfully quashed rulings made by the regulator.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Now, everybody has their own destinies and their own plans in life.
    Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Several other longtime Charlotte restaurants have closed in recent years, falling victim to retirements, redevelopments and other fates.
    Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Eileen’s determination to face down the boys and be accepted for her full self or Hedda sneaking around and steering everyone’s fates behind the scenes?
    Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 23 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
  • There’s no due process here, either; the three triumvirs don’t get their hands dirty, their decisions can’t be appealed, and there’s no public process by which those to be killed will be identified before the decision is final.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Nike was previously one of the best growth stories for decades, but past leadership’s decisions have caused the stock to lag since late 2021.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • While Lores has revived HP’s fortunes since becoming CEO in 2019 and continues to grow PC sales, concerns about tariffs and weakness in the printing business have cut 15% from the stock price this year.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
  • But if the plot is about swapping fortunes, the watches in the movie are about swapping personalities.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In their statement, Shalom's owners told Public Investigator natural deaths are inevitable at any zoo.
    Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Sheriff Dustin Lopez, who oversees the office’s Detention Services Bureau, said the higher numbers of deaths occurred before Martinez was sworn in as sheriff in early 2023.
    Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The United States condemns China's aggressive actions in defiance of international law and supports the Philippines in pursuit of a free and open Indo-Pacfic.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • 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

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“Dooms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dooms. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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