as in to doom
to determine the fate of in advance
his extreme height seemed to destine him for a career in basketball
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Recent Examples of destine
Hiro’s transformative makeup seems destined for recognition, particularly given the Academy’s recent appreciation for physical reinvention.
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Clayton Davis, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
The PoS-2 enables Russia to repurpose West Siberian gas once destined for Europe.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
But before Prater became one of the unlikeliest heroes of Bills lore, destined to be referenced for decades in one of the most memorable games in the history of what’s soon to be the old Highmark Stadium, his teammates had a sneaky feeling.
—Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
The scoot in question is destined to start arriving in dealerships this October.
—New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2025
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Clayton Davis, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
The PoS-2 enables Russia to repurpose West Siberian gas once destined for Europe.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
But before Prater became one of the unlikeliest heroes of Bills lore, destined to be referenced for decades in one of the most memorable games in the history of what’s soon to be the old Highmark Stadium, his teammates had a sneaky feeling.
—Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
The scoot in question is destined to start arriving in dealerships this October.
—New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for destine
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The mission was doomed, and the satellite crashed back to Earth.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
6 Sep. 2025
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As a direct result of that hospitality, the women’s respective causes soon become more aligned than either Joan or Alina would have wanted, and any harm visited upon one of them eventually threatens to doom the other as well.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
6 Sep. 2025
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Qualified people who could be priests except for archaic laws that no longer serve us continue to wait to be invited into the ranks of those who have been ordained.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Aug. 2025
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The move also contrasts with Pope Francis, who said no to moving into the papal apartments when he was ordained in 2013, choosing instead a Vatican guesthouse.—
Greg Wehner , Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Libra Season paired with Mars in Scorpio is about teamwork that feels fated, partnerships that feel like destiny, and art that heals the collective.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
29 Aug. 2025
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But these issues will be resolved because more viable donor organs, whether from humans, other species or created in a lab, means fewer people will be fated to sit (and perhaps die) on a transplant waiting list.—
David A. Brenner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Destine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/destine. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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