Thesaurus results for DESTINIES

destinies

noun

plural of destiny

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 Noir, by contrast, brooks no such substitutions, because its conception of authenticity cannot allow for alternative destinies. — Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 People looking out for themselves have compromised the fates of those who have less control over their destinies. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026 Meanwhile, Mirren wants to store her fest statue, which keeps mysteriously appearing next to an Oscar statuette, in its box in a different take on Karlovy Vary winners’ and trophies’ destinies. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2026 Drawn into a love story with a familiar collaborator as her path intersects with women of different ages and cultural backgrounds, all fighting to take control of their own destinies, Maxine finds herself on a journey of self-discovery that forces her to confront the choices shaping her life. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 26 June 2026 In August 1781, a couple of months before the end of the war, Sedgwick and his co-counsel, a law professor named Tapping Reeve, appeared in the Great Barrington Inferior Court of Common Pleas, a small wooden building where a jury would decide the destinies of Freeman and Brom. — New York Times, 22 June 2026 People want to control their own destinies. — Jon Ostenson, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026 Cannes is a maker of destinies. — Norine Raja, Vanity Fair, 11 May 2026 And for all of that time, our destinies as Nations have been interlinked. — Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026

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Through a particular sequence of such branching decisions, Waddington argued, cells specialize into their mature types, or fates, each expressing a particular set of genes.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
The Kunstmuseum Basel will receive $120,000 to examine 336 drawings in its collection with provenances previously flagged as problematic, as well as the fates of the drawings’ sellers and the museum’s collection strategies between 1933 and 1945.

— Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of fates

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Nemacolin is privately owned and operated by the Hardy family, Pennsylvania natives who made their name and fortunes in the lumber industry.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Kansas City Royals owner John Sherman reiterated his vow to spend as necessary with hopes to turn around the club’s fortunes.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2026

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