destine

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Recent Examples of destine Parker didn’t always know he was destined for baseball greatness. Toria Sheffield, People.com, 28 June 2025 One thing many savvy chefs keep in the freezer: odds and ends that are destined for stock. Karla Walsh, CNN Money, 27 June 2025 The stones are destined for the National Mall, where they’ll be built into the original Smithsonian Institution building, also known as the Castle. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025 But based on the Port of Los Angeles Optimizer, which tracks the ocean trade destined for the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, July imports will be lower than July 2024. Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 27 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for destine
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Verb
  • Instead of wasting resources on a venture doomed by structural realities, Musk should pursue a strategy that actually works in American politics: identifying vulnerable Republican incumbents who voted for fiscal irresponsibility and funding primary challengers committed to genuine conservatism.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
  • Was the project doomed by the economic realities of globalization, the competitive landscape in the smartphone business, or were Google’s shifting corporate priorities ultimately to blame?
    Verne Kopytoff, Fortune, 5 July 2025
Verb
  • Craig was ordained as a Baptist preacher, a calling that would prove pivotal not only in his spiritual community but also in Kentucky's civic and economic development, then a rugged territory of the United States.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • But highly damaged Mark, whose upbringing was evidently a nightmare of abuse, has found salvation, or at least escape: He’s ordained himself a servant of the Lord, holding improvisational services in the prison chapel to a paltry flock.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 20 June 2025
Verb
  • Instead, the world appears fated to witness the decline or even the collapse of international institutions, which may then be replaced by less influential multinational institutions and intensified fragmentation, competition, and transactionalism.
    Oriana Skylar Mastro, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
  • Their friendship, Jasmine says, has always felt fated.
    Ashley Vega, People.com, 9 June 2025

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“Destine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/destine. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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