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as in destinies
a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand
the belief that it was this country's fate to extend from sea to sea
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as in outcomes
a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause
the fate of the presidential election hinged on a few thousand votes in a single state
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as in deaths
the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities
he met his fate in a tragic highway accident
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as in destines
to determine the fate of in advance
the warning that the lack of an advanced education will fate a person to a lifetime of below-average earnings
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Recent Examples of fates
Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
The surviving girls, now considered victims, receive compensation, although their individual fates remain largely unknown.
—Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Reimagining the fates of women.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Madix said fan votes will determine contestants' fates.
—Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Since then, their fates have been bound together in a left-right struggle that has come to define the turbulent 21st century globally.
—Anderson Tepper, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2025
Individuals are seen as fully responsible for their own fates, while governmental or social support systems are devalued.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 8 Sep. 2025
If her best friend, Enid (Emma Myers), pleads with her to consider the fates of her fellow students before running off to play detective, Wednesday will certainly ignore her.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
While the fates of more than a dozen repertory players remain in limbo, NBC has announced that Please Don’t Destroy’s Ben Marshall has been added as a featured player, along with fellow comedians Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Kam Patterson and Veronika Slowikowska.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
Sure, other fates are possible, like direct collapse to a black hole or explosions through the pair-instability mechanism, but a core-collapse supernova (also known as a type II supernova) represents the fate of the majority of the most massive stars ever to be born.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
The surviving girls, now considered victims, receive compensation, although their individual fates remain largely unknown.
—Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Reimagining the fates of women.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Madix said fan votes will determine contestants' fates.
—Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Since then, their fates have been bound together in a left-right struggle that has come to define the turbulent 21st century globally.
—Anderson Tepper, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2025
Individuals are seen as fully responsible for their own fates, while governmental or social support systems are devalued.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 8 Sep. 2025
If her best friend, Enid (Emma Myers), pleads with her to consider the fates of her fellow students before running off to play detective, Wednesday will certainly ignore her.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
While the fates of more than a dozen repertory players remain in limbo, NBC has announced that Please Don’t Destroy’s Ben Marshall has been added as a featured player, along with fellow comedians Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Kam Patterson and Veronika Slowikowska.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fates
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Rodnyansky’s narrative is not focused on the events themselves but on the people, human destinies, and art.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
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The destinies of the three sisters, Josie, Emma, and Ara, explode off the page.—
Gabrielle Bellot,
Literary Hub,
12 Aug. 2025
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Boston’s ongoing inability to capitalize on such opportunities ensured fairly uneventful outcomes, though.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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Why our emotions shape financial outcomes Behavioral finance has shown for decades that the greatest risk to long-term success is often our own behavior.—
Bruce Helmer,
Twin Cities,
13 Sep. 2025
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An anime about a teenager avenging the deaths of his family at the hands of hordes of carnivorous demons wouldn’t usually be the sort of film which would be met with unanimous praise from critics.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Days of unrest in Nepal have resulted in the ousting of a deeply unpopular government and the deaths of at least 50 people.—
Nir Kshetri,
The Conversation,
14 Sep. 2025
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The experience has also underscored the importance of social media in Nepal, as well as the consequences of government attempts to control the flow of online information.—
Nir Kshetri,
The Conversation,
14 Sep. 2025
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What investigators conclude about Robinson’s motivations may have far-reaching consequences beyond his own criminal case.—
Richard Hall,
Time,
14 Sep. 2025
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The mission, the fourth of 2025, would also be Starship's first flight since May 27 amid a year plagued by explosive demises for the vehicle.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
26 Aug. 2025
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But a good time in enviable vacation spots is guaranteed, with ghoulish demises for many principal figures here served up like caviar on sashimi.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2025
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This potentially dooms them to 48 hours in the nearest town.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
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Despite concerns that failure to be in the blue reading group in first grade dooms a child’s adult options to a career in coal mining (or worse, a lesser UC), both have been completely self-supporting (and not in the coal-mining industry) since graduating from college.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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As of May 2025, the Baltimore police department hadn't tested any new DNA results against alternative suspects.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
19 Sep. 2025
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Exciting, incomplete results These first James Webb results for TRAPPIST-1e are immensely exciting, said Michaël Gillon, research director of the Astrobiology Research Unit at Belgium’s University of Liège.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
18 Sep. 2025
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The recent, tragic passings of Benjamin Kelly, James Maldonado, Christian Collado, and now another man — all in one month — are not isolated incidents.—
Darren Mack,
New York Daily News,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Fates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fates. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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