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breaks

NOUN

destiny

Synonyms

STRONGEST

circumstance future inevitability intention objective prospect

STRONG

Moirai afterlife break certainty conclusion condition constellation cup design doom expectation finality foreordination fortune happenstance hereafter horoscope intent karma kismet lot luck ordinance portion predestination predetermination serendipity

WEAK

course of events divine decree the stars way the ball bounces way the cookie crumbles what is written wheel of fortune world to come

Antonyms

STRONG

concept continuity misfortune theory whole

WEAK

choice free will volition

NOUN

lot

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chance portion

STRONG

Moirai accident break circumstance decree doom foreordination fortune hazard karma kismet plight predestination

WEAK

hand one is dealt run of luck way cookie crumbles wheel of fortune

Antonyms

STRONG

misfortune

Example Sentences

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The Breaks is a seaside links putting course, and no reservations are required.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Breaks in the case have come and fits and starts.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

Breaks in the action provided time for commercials and a scarcity of games made each a spectacle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

Breaks of 51 and 77 set the tone in the opening frame after three-time winner Williams missed a long red.

From BBC • May 4, 2025

A Storm Breaks “I’ll let her go,” I say.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George