foredoomed

verb

past tense of foredoom
as in destined
to determine the fate of in advance since the dawn of the ages he was foredoomed to become king one day

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  1. destined
  2. doomed
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  • His younger brother Princewill Umanmielen currently leads college football in sacks at LSU, with eight and seems destined to join Princely in the NFL one day.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Some survive because treatment works, not because the cancer was detected earlier; others survive because they were overdiagnosed (diagnosed with a cancer not destined to cause symptoms or death).
    — H. Gilbert Welch, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026
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  • In some cases, House Democrats are campaigning on the bill that’s doomed in its current form, presenting a further contrast to the vast majority of Senate Democrats who want nothing to do with it.
    — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
  • On the other hand, don’t assume that everyone currently at HBO Max is safe and everyone at Paramount is doomed.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
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“Foredoomed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foredoomed. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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