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
And for all of that time, our destinies as Nations have been interlinked.
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Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
And for all of that time, our destinies as Nations have been interlinked.
—Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 28 Apr. 2026
Twelve destinies searching for peace and belonging, while the house remains a haven through decades of turmoil.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2026
But Calle, like any writer, sketches her characters and frames their destinies.
—Elisa Wouk Almino
editor, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
The Paris Club, an informal forum of representatives from creditor countries largely in the Global North, has steered the destinies of nations in financial peril, restructuring over half a trillion dollars in sovereign debt since its first meeting in 1956.
—Sven Van Mourik, The Dial, 31 Mar. 2026
To destinies that cross front lines and are never the same again.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2026
That’s the hope of the United States and Israel, which have urged the Iranian people to take hold of their destinies following the war.
—Ron Kampeas, Sun Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2026
This observation shows how subtle cosmic architecture directs galaxies' destinies, influencing their formation, interactions, and evolution.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
And for all of that time, our destinies as Nations have been interlinked.
—Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 28 Apr. 2026
Twelve destinies searching for peace and belonging, while the house remains a haven through decades of turmoil.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2026
But Calle, like any writer, sketches her characters and frames their destinies.
—Elisa Wouk Almino
editor, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
The Paris Club, an informal forum of representatives from creditor countries largely in the Global North, has steered the destinies of nations in financial peril, restructuring over half a trillion dollars in sovereign debt since its first meeting in 1956.
—Sven Van Mourik, The Dial, 31 Mar. 2026
To destinies that cross front lines and are never the same again.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2026
That’s the hope of the United States and Israel, which have urged the Iranian people to take hold of their destinies following the war.
—Ron Kampeas, Sun Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2026
This observation shows how subtle cosmic architecture directs galaxies' destinies, influencing their formation, interactions, and evolution.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for destinies
Noun
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But the prevailing auditory sense that stands out in memory is an uncanny calmness, met by a student trapped inside, alive and aware, who cut through the stillness to comfort his peers while their fates remained sealed between earth and steel.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
9 May 2026
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Presumably, the fates were not kind to Pete Best.—
Philip Martin,
Arkansas Online,
9 May 2026
Noun
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The key to the team’s fortunes is Towns, a big man whose over-all impression is best described as impressive yet confusing, like Bruce Banner caught mid-transition to Hulk.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
10 May 2026
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This hotel, after all, was 300 years old, dating back to a pre-Revolutionary time when whaling captains built their fortunes on the high seas, and would return to Martha’s Vineyard to live large in their lavish homes.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 May 2026
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“Destinies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/destinies. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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