destiny
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If demography were destiny, then the long-term prospects of these countries’ equities would be dismal.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
Some researchers worried about AI safety also cite enfeeblement as a risk, a “WALL-E” future in which humans gradually cede control to machines and eventually become unable to define, or even understand, our destiny.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
What he cultivates instead is patience – the type of glacial cool it takes to seize a cosmic destiny.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
Wang added that "China and Nepal are bound by mountains and rivers, sharing a common destiny".
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
And maybe it would have a destiny then.”
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
"Our destinies as nations have been interlinked. As Oscar Wilde said, 'We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language!'"
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
Many of the differences in the characters’ destinies have been due to circumstances beyond their control, and perhaps their choices have been likewise inevitable, though the payoff is a poignancy that enriches the comedy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
"I now appreciate how radical it is for us as women to think about one of the most fundamental parts of our destinies in this way," she wrote on Instagram at the time.
From BBC ● May 11, 2025
At a time when many are mourning the relocation of Suehiro, First Street North has become a lesson for other communities seeking to take control of their destinies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2024
He asked easy, drawling questions about me, his other son, his wife, and he laughed, amused, when I informed him of their destinies.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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