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
Pawel’s view was that we are all born innocent, and things happen to people to shape their destinies.
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Sally Susman, Time, 27 Jan. 2026
Set in an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne and the last dragon has not yet passed from living memory, great destinies, powerful foes and dangerous exploits all await these improbable and incomparable friends.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2026
In 2022, the 'woman life freedom' [movement] was mainly about the rights of women to determine their own destinies.
—Tucker Reals, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
Strategists caution that off-year elections are signals, not destinies, with economic conditions, turnout dynamics, and campaign messaging still capable of reshaping the map before November 2026.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 1 Jan. 2026
In 2023, on the fiftieth anniversary of Pinochet’s coup, Boric reminded Chileans of the terrible price their country had paid, and announced a national search plan to ascertain the destinies of as many as three thousand citizens who remain missing.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2025
The sequel concludes the story that began in last year’s Wicked, which followed Elphaba and Glinda during their years at Shiz University and explored how their friendship shaped their destinies as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good.
—Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 6 Nov. 2025
Though fans may have hoped that season 4 would reunite Geralt with Yennefer (Anya Chalotra) and Ciri (Freya Allan), the finale instead drives them further apart while redefining each of their destinies.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
Now, everybody has their own destinies and their own plans in life.
—Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Sally Susman, Time, 27 Jan. 2026
Set in an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne and the last dragon has not yet passed from living memory, great destinies, powerful foes and dangerous exploits all await these improbable and incomparable friends.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2026
In 2022, the 'woman life freedom' [movement] was mainly about the rights of women to determine their own destinies.
—Tucker Reals, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
Strategists caution that off-year elections are signals, not destinies, with economic conditions, turnout dynamics, and campaign messaging still capable of reshaping the map before November 2026.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 1 Jan. 2026
In 2023, on the fiftieth anniversary of Pinochet’s coup, Boric reminded Chileans of the terrible price their country had paid, and announced a national search plan to ascertain the destinies of as many as three thousand citizens who remain missing.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2025
The sequel concludes the story that began in last year’s Wicked, which followed Elphaba and Glinda during their years at Shiz University and explored how their friendship shaped their destinies as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good.
—Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 6 Nov. 2025
Though fans may have hoped that season 4 would reunite Geralt with Yennefer (Anya Chalotra) and Ciri (Freya Allan), the finale instead drives them further apart while redefining each of their destinies.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
Now, everybody has their own destinies and their own plans in life.
—Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for destinies
Noun
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Will there be a scene in which these main characters pass each other in their cars, either on the freeway or a main thoroughfare, thus suggesting that their fates are inevitably intertwined?—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2026
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For stars, there are three main fates that a star can have, all of which are heavily dependent on their mass at birth.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Their small, spare yet tasteful apartment (the work of the collective Studio Bent) turns into a marital pressure cooker as Theo’s fortunes rise and Sally’s self-belief craters.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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One great youth team — forged and developed largely outside the Slovak system — can’t change a country’s fortunes on its own.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Destinies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/destinies. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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