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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

And one whom nature destines for the free and independent life of a farmer, often sentences himself to life imprisonment behind the "cribbed and cabined" desk of a counting house.

From What Shall I Be? A Chat With Young People by Francis Bernard Cassilly

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 Charles James Lever

What the Lord destines, he buys—some old iron, a bundle of rags, an old sack, or else a hide.

From Jewish Children by Hannah Berman

A woman, Captain Ellerey, who destines you for high service.

From Princess Maritza by Percy James Brebner



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