as in fates
a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand
I just knew that it wasn't my destiny to end up in a dead-end job
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Recent Examples of destinies
Rodnyansky’s narrative is not focused on the events themselves but on the people, human destinies, and art.
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Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
The destinies of the three sisters, Josie, Emma, and Ara, explode off the page.
—Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
The destinies of the three sisters, Josie, Emma, and Ara, explode off the page.
—Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for destinies
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Sure, other fates are possible, like direct collapse to a black hole or explosions through the pair-instability mechanism, but a core-collapse supernova (also known as a type II supernova) represents the fate of the majority of the most massive stars ever to be born.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
12 Sep. 2025
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The surviving girls, now considered victims, receive compensation, although their individual fates remain largely unknown.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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During this period, QPR have never finished higher than ninth or lower than 20th, while nothing quite captures the wildly unpredictable nature of the Championship than their fortunes across the 2024-25 campaign.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Everyone will have their eyes on LA this season as they are expected to make another trade that could turn their fortunes around.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Destinies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/destinies. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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