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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
At the end of the day, this event helps give more first steps, more first birthdays, and more futures.
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Jessica Riley, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
Stock futures declined sharply.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 12 Apr. 2026
That uncertainty lifted oil futures in trading early Thursday.
—Dalia Abdelwahab, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
May crude oil futures traded just under $100 per barrel Friday, versus about $67 before the war began.
—Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026
Trading commodities, futures, and options involves a substantial risk of loss.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
At sites devoted to preserving the nation’s complicated past, people were constructing better futures.
—Beverly Gage, The Atlantic, 5 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
Jessica Riley, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
Stock futures declined sharply.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 12 Apr. 2026
That uncertainty lifted oil futures in trading early Thursday.
—Dalia Abdelwahab, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
May crude oil futures traded just under $100 per barrel Friday, versus about $67 before the war began.
—Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026
Trading commodities, futures, and options involves a substantial risk of loss.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
At sites devoted to preserving the nation’s complicated past, people were constructing better futures.
—Beverly Gage, The Atlantic, 5 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for futures
Noun
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The people who plan years in advance, who spend great fortunes, and for what?—
David Sedaris,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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During the Persian Gulf War, the beginning of the military campaign by the United States and its allies against Iraq (known as Operation Desert Storm) on January 16, 1991, changed the fortunes of CNN and the status of cable news.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
10 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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Twelve destinies searching for peace and belonging, while the house remains a haven through decades of turmoil.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
9 Apr. 2026
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But Calle, like any writer, sketches her characters and frames their destinies.—
Elisa Wouk Almino
Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Mantello has chosen to have different actors play the young Biff (Joaquin Consuelos) and the young Happy (Jake Termine), sharpening the contrast between their potential and their fates.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
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Dahl’s books are fanciful and imaginative, but also dark, cynical, and mean (and, unfortunately, often reflected his real-life ugliness), spinning stories in which gruesome and unpleasant fates befell rotten kids, and adults were frequently selfish, cruel, and not to be trusted.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2026
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There was no immediately available information on the suspect or a motive in the shooting and detectives said that the circumstances leading up to the incident remain under investigation.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Given those circumstances, what is, realistically, the best-case scenario for the Warriors once the play-in begins?—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Futures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/futures. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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