in the stars

idiom

: going to happen
I guess romance just isn't in the stars for me right now.

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Cecilia Klein assumed a state tournament appearance was likely not in the stars for her high school volleyball career. Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025 Politics has repeatedly bled into country music, both in the lyrics and in the stars who sing them. Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025 June Lockhart, beloved on-screen mother on the farm in Lassie and in the stars with Lost in Space, died on October 23 in California at the age of 100. Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2025 Look below the moon around midnight to spot the gleaming orb of light of Jupiter rise above the eastern horizon, embedded in the stars of the constellation Gemini. Anthony Wood, Space.com, 12 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for in the stars

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“In the stars.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20stars. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.

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