fixed future
Example Sentences
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In its call to suspend time, the music carries the potential to press pause on the punishing velocity that attends disaster, that robs our attention and predetermines a fixed future.
From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2022
It also asks whether we will accept the warnings about our current path as a fixed future, or as a stimulus to alter our collective destiny?
From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2022
Even in the relatively fixed future where most of “Cursed Child” takes place, the characters are the right degree of surprising.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 8, 2016
Herstatt apparently contracted to deliver huge quantities of U.S. dollars and other currencies to corporate customers on fixed future dates at highly speculative prices.
From Time Magazine Archive
The use of such documents enables the drawer to obtain the results of a bill at a fixed future date without the expense of a regular bill-stamp.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
