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destine

[des-tin] / ˈdɛs tɪn /


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Blake Hamilton and crew have done an outstanding job building and maintaining what is destine become a Lone Star icon.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since Mussolini was believed to favor the Council, there was a rustle of Fascist surprise last week when he seemed to destine the Assembly to succeed the Chamber of Deputies.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Congress have seen such a necessity of an able commander in Canada, as to destine you for that most arduous service .

From Time Magazine Archive

A checkup in the womb Is the unborn baby healthy, or does a defect destine it to an early death or a life of debilitating illness?

From Time Magazine Archive

And I prayed to the Lord to destine me to find a treasure of gold and diamonds and brilliants.

From Jewish Children by Berman, Hannah

A score that destines young doctors-to-be to a life of ennui in a job they do not enjoy, because they could not match into the competitive specialty of their dreams.

From Scientific American Mar. 12, 2020

He has resolved to dry the different plants which appear to him most proper for the use to which he destines them, and to submit them afterwards to a trial by fire.

From The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe by Saintine, Joseph Xavier

It would be in fact but the prelude to that final return to Arabia which Arabian thought, if no other, destines for the Caliphate.

From The Future of Islam by Blunt, Wilfred Scawen

“That Providence destines this country to some great and glorious fate I must believe, while I witness the patriotism that pervades the bosoms of her lowliest citizens,” he said.

From The Spy Condensed for use in schools by Cooper, J. Fenimore

Such a girl may a man marry who destines his days to the wild west; but woe unto him!—woe unto him, should he migrate among the more civilized and less charitable coteries of our neighbors!

From Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 by Lever, Charles James

It’s equally fair to call it an art video destined to be projected on the backdrop of a dance floor.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

In his final letter to investors, Robertson didn’t mince words, calling the craze “a Ponzi pyramid destined for collapse.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Microsoft’s stock is destined to break out, according to Bernstein analyst Mark Moerdler.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

For one, the Kirk killing was destined to become tied up with the internet’s passion for true crime.

From Slate Jul. 21, 2026

That I’m destined to be the supernatural world’s next super villain?

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

They awoke Henry III's dynastic ambition by promoting the elevation of his brother to be King of the Romans, and destining his younger son Edmund for the crown of Naples and Sicily.

From A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) by Ranke, Leopold von




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