destines

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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

Planes arrive from here and there; holiday makers, the injured and dead, today's interchangeable destines.

From Deadly Pollen by Oliver, Stephen

The like may be fancied upon all changes of government; when providence destines the ends, it orders the means.

From Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects by Aubrey, John

"To begin with, that Monsieur Rupert had come to carry you off from the various noblemen, for one or other of whom his Majesty destines your hand."

From The Cornet of Horse A Tale of Marlborough's Wars by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

Were they not the very ones to help a timid child whom God destines to become an apostle of apostles by prayer and sacrifice?

From The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse by Taylor, Thomas N. (Thomas Nimmo)