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
Keeping them front and center can also ensure they are put to use more quickly than those destined to live in the back of the pantry.
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Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2025
The drugs were concealed in the spine of the Bibles and destined for delivery to two California state prisons.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2025
The Ciao Ciao is the latest addition to the house’s Andiamo collection and is destined for travel.
—airmail.news, 15 Feb. 2025
While the unlikely trio have been working together for the last six years, this is the first material of its kind to be fashioned out of plastic milk cartons destined for the dump.
—Monique Jessen, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
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Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2025
The drugs were concealed in the spine of the Bibles and destined for delivery to two California state prisons.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2025
The Ciao Ciao is the latest addition to the house’s Andiamo collection and is destined for travel.
—airmail.news, 15 Feb. 2025
While the unlikely trio have been working together for the last six years, this is the first material of its kind to be fashioned out of plastic milk cartons destined for the dump.
—Monique Jessen, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for destine
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But then the vehicle’s own armor apparently doomed it.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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When there is a discrepancy in the balance of power between co-parents, the child is doomed to failure.—
Jann Blackstone,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2025
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Other information provided by the Archdiocese noted Reidy was ordained by Bishop Timothy J. Harrington at Saint Paul Cathedral in Worcester in 1994, and was assigned to St. Peter Parish in Worcester before becoming rector of Saint Paul Cathedral by Bishop Daniel P. Reilly.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
12 Feb. 2025
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Figures like George Wallace, a Christian and proud segregationist, and Bob Jones Sr., founder of Bob Jones University, preached sermons arguing that segregation was divinely ordained.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
8 Feb. 2025
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Resisting Liverpool and causing pandemonium in the process was almost fated.—
Phil Hay,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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Solar eclipses, on the other hand, open new doors, often introducing life-altering connections or reigniting passion in ways that feel fated.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
refinery29.com,
18 Dec. 2024
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“Destine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/destine. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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