destined
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In the movie, Blunt plays Margaret Fairchild, a TV meteorologist chosen by extraterrestrials as the human through whom they communicate—“the last person on earth that you’d imagine would be destined for this task,” Blunt says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
The central role rewards everything Lamine Yamal was drawn to as a child: vision, timing, the pass destined to become a goal before it leaves your foot.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Essentially, the auto maker will repurpose battery capacity once destined for EVs into backup power packs for utilities and data centers.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
“If you have to venture north or south, you are destined to hit inclines that are not for every able body.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
“I wasn’t lying about being an Usher. I was lying about you being destined to enter the Afterlife tonight. The truth is… it’s the one night a soul should not enter the Afterlife.”
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Vocabulary lists containing destined
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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The Tale of Despereaux
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Purple Hibiscus
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