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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
Stock futures rose slightly as Wall Street tried to recover from another losing week.
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Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 15 Mar. 2026
Albeit, there are some emotional stakes to the character’s arc of wrestling with his past mistakes, as well as to the love triangle between three people who truly care about each other, despite their pasts (and futures).
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 15 Mar. 2026
Current congressional and White House financial disclosure guidance does give detailed instructions on how members, officials, their staffs and family should report gains from stocks, cryptocurrencies, bonds, commodities futures and other non-exempt securities.
—Luke Garrett, NPR, 14 Mar. 2026
Brent crude settled above $100 a barrel for the second straight session, ending the day at the highest level in more than three years while US crude futures settled near the highest since July 2022.
—Skylar Woodhouse, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
Benchmark futures jumped as much as 30% on Monday, extending their biggest weekly advance since the energy crisis.
—Priscila Azevedo Rocha, Bloomberg, 9 Mar. 2026
Gang Green signed Bailey Zappe to a futures contract.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2026
Oil and natural gas prices surged Monday – futures contracts for Brent crude, the global benchmark, spiked almost 9% to trade at around $79 a barrel while WTI, the US benchmark, climbed 8% to $73 a barrel.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 2 Mar. 2026
Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 15 Mar. 2026
Albeit, there are some emotional stakes to the character’s arc of wrestling with his past mistakes, as well as to the love triangle between three people who truly care about each other, despite their pasts (and futures).
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 15 Mar. 2026
Current congressional and White House financial disclosure guidance does give detailed instructions on how members, officials, their staffs and family should report gains from stocks, cryptocurrencies, bonds, commodities futures and other non-exempt securities.
—Luke Garrett, NPR, 14 Mar. 2026
Brent crude settled above $100 a barrel for the second straight session, ending the day at the highest level in more than three years while US crude futures settled near the highest since July 2022.
—Skylar Woodhouse, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
Benchmark futures jumped as much as 30% on Monday, extending their biggest weekly advance since the energy crisis.
—Priscila Azevedo Rocha, Bloomberg, 9 Mar. 2026
Gang Green signed Bailey Zappe to a futures contract.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2026
Oil and natural gas prices surged Monday – futures contracts for Brent crude, the global benchmark, spiked almost 9% to trade at around $79 a barrel while WTI, the US benchmark, climbed 8% to $73 a barrel.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 2 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for futures
Noun
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Opened in 1927 as a high-rise apartment building but converted during the war years into an upscale stay, the Pontchartrain had suffered over decades of rising damp and tumbling fortunes.—
Rick Bragg,
Southern Living,
15 Mar. 2026
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Their fortunes just happened to wear off at an inflection point, and as aggressively as possible.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
14 Mar. 2026
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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
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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
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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
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The next month will help determine the fates of dozens of star college players — and the future of teams such as the Chicago Bulls.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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At its best, the scientific method consigns the worst fates that befall humans (debilitating illnesses, devastating diseases) to history.—
Noubar Afeyan,
Time,
9 Mar. 2026
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Through his rigorious investigation into forensic medicine, Keel uncovers how medical examiners and death investigators can be complicit in obscuring the violent circumstances of in-custody deaths at state institutions.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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Crystal did not mention the circumstances of their deaths in his Oscars tribute, instead choosing to focus on the impact the couple left in the worlds of filmmaking and social justice.—
Katie Kindelan,
ABC News,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Futures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/futures. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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