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as in futurities
time that is to come
in the future, there may be medical discoveries that are beyond our fondest dreams
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Recent Examples of futures
With the conflict in the Middle East raging on during the Weekend, stock futures fell on Sunday, after posting gains last week on hopes of a de-escalation.
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Dylan Butts, CNBC, 6 Apr. 2026
At sites devoted to preserving the nation’s complicated past, people were constructing better futures.
—Beverly Gage, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2026
Neighbors remembered Palmer as a wonderful person and a longtime staple of the community, and his grandchildren as three young girls with bright futures.
—Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
His higher-profile teammates, the ones who score much more often or who have professional basketball futures, either in the United States or overseas, received all the attention.
—Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
Afterward, stock futures were down.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 3 Apr. 2026
The spikes in volume didn’t indicate whether the trades were buy or sell orders, but based on how prices moved as they were placed other traders quickly deduced that someone was selling oil futures, a bet on the value of the commodity falling, and buying stock futures, a bet on a market rebound.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Sadly, there is little chance of a sequel, as Nesbo neatly resolves the disparate futures of all the main characters.
—The Know, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2026
Dylan Butts, CNBC, 6 Apr. 2026
At sites devoted to preserving the nation’s complicated past, people were constructing better futures.
—Beverly Gage, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2026
Neighbors remembered Palmer as a wonderful person and a longtime staple of the community, and his grandchildren as three young girls with bright futures.
—Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
His higher-profile teammates, the ones who score much more often or who have professional basketball futures, either in the United States or overseas, received all the attention.
—Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
Afterward, stock futures were down.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 3 Apr. 2026
The spikes in volume didn’t indicate whether the trades were buy or sell orders, but based on how prices moved as they were placed other traders quickly deduced that someone was selling oil futures, a bet on the value of the commodity falling, and buying stock futures, a bet on a market rebound.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Sadly, there is little chance of a sequel, as Nesbo neatly resolves the disparate futures of all the main characters.
—The Know, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for futures
Noun
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Small children memorize big facts about them; rich people invest or squander fortunes buying their bones.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2026
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Cori Close, in her 15th season as UCLA women’s basketball coach, has seen her profile rise along with the program’s fortunes.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Songwriters expressing pangs of grief for what once was held court with others fretting about undesirable futures and still others dreaming up cooler tomorrows.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 Dec. 2025
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Looking ahead to all of the tomorrows, all the adventures, the laughs, and all of the love.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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To destinies that cross front lines and are never the same again.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Mar. 2026
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In this way, the film becomes a manifesto for alternate destinies within the Black experience, and a semi-formal goodbye letter to the delusional but politically expedient optimism of the 2010s, wherein the end of the neoliberal order becomes a gateway to renewed self-possession and agency.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Recurring internet blackouts have also compromised communications, and caused even more confusion for families, who have been racing to confirm the fates of those who have disappeared.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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In stepping outside ourselves and into an awareness of the ways that the lives and fates of all human and non-human animals are intertwined.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In some circumstances, moral suasion can also be effective.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Homicide detectives are working to determine the circumstances that led to the shooting.—
S.E. Jenkins,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Futures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/futures. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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