as in destiny
a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand
he always said that it was kismet that they met at a showing of their favorite movie
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Recent Examples of kismet
Today’s class started with a dash of kismet, though.
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Ryleigh Nucilli, Outside Online, 4 Feb. 2025
Being traded to the Yankees was a bit kismet.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 17 Dec. 2024
The independently financed, less than $10 million epic is the product of the kinds of moments of ingenuity and creative kismet that Corbet encountered in Carrara — and seven years of grinding effort.
—Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
So that was kind of fun to meet him and know that we were born in the same exact town and there was an instant kismet from that, just personally.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
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Ryleigh Nucilli, Outside Online, 4 Feb. 2025
Being traded to the Yankees was a bit kismet.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 17 Dec. 2024
The independently financed, less than $10 million epic is the product of the kinds of moments of ingenuity and creative kismet that Corbet encountered in Carrara — and seven years of grinding effort.
—Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
So that was kind of fun to meet him and know that we were born in the same exact town and there was an instant kismet from that, just personally.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kismet
Noun
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Across Europe, renewables surged dramatically in 2024; the war in Ukraine has pushed the Continent toward controlling its own energy destiny.—
Bill McKibben,
New Yorker,
9 July 2025
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What’s surprising is the utter disregard — willfully or naively — for blatant flaws in the communist worldview, where Big Government controls our destiny at the expense of a free market that made New York prosperous and appealing to college graduates in the first place.—
Luka Ladan,
New York Daily News,
5 July 2025
Noun
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The cloudy days hovering over the fate of the U.S. Airline sector appear to be clearing out, with Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) reporting better-than-expected 2Q 2025 financial results this week.—
Ankita Dhawan,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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For Scotty, a young puppy facing a grim fate, time was running out.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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“Kismet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kismet. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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