noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
human
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They had not learned to decipher that terrible handwriting of human destiny , illness and death.
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It is the high-water mark of the Rebelliona turning point of history and of human destiny !
manifest
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But he does not lack confidence or sense of manifest Elvis destiny .
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The doctrine of manifest destiny was distinct from the imperialist dynamic that flourished around the turn of the century.
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This was manifest destiny trickling south.
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Type Policy of manIfest destiny , then press Enter. 21.
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This was the language of manifest destiny , whose speakers assumed that they were moral examples to the whole world.
■ VERB
change
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His whole family, even his whole village, are going to change their destiny .
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A hundred failures would not matter, when a single success could change the destiny of the world.
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In the intervening period, of course, the Daleks had changed the face and destiny of the show for ever.
control
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David Pleat has turned down the chance to control his own destiny at crisis-club Luton.
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Yet it was also a time when women were left alone to control their own athletic destinies .
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This is a fundamental issue which must be addressed by those who control our industry's destiny .
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I want to control my destiny .
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We shall not be able to influence events that control our destiny .
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The only other Pac-10 team that controls its own destiny is Cal.
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The magic word Literacy campaigns push back the boundaries of ignorance and give people more chance of controlling their own destiny .
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It is men who sit in parliament, debating the laws which control a woman's destiny .
determine
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To what extent should private security agencies be allowed to determine national destinies ?
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Material and biological conditions always help determine the destiny of civilizations.
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These considerations should be borne in mind, as they can determine the ultimate destiny of our music.
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But they all ride upon guiding waves, which determine their destiny .
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To Governments Democracy is the right of people to participate in running and determining their own destiny .
fulfil
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To be a street criminal is therefore to fulfil cultural destiny .
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The contemporary hero is one who stands out against the crowd to fulfil a personal destiny .
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Most animals fulfil their destiny with that curious strategy.
shape
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It is knowledge, not fate, that shapes their destiny .
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They shaped the destinies of human beings, but human beings were only one of their concerns.
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Nevertheless, our personal philosophy and artistic goals must always play their important part in shaping our destiny .
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It shaped the destinies not just of individuals but of entire provinces and kingdoms.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be master of your own fate/destiny
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Susan wondered whether it was her destiny to marry Jorge and live in Mexico.
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The government wants to give people more control over their own destinies.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Hearing once more the call of destiny , Teclis volunteered to go to the aid of mankind.
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However Portia is not content to leave her destiny in such a way.
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It was a country that he had no control over its destiny and needed the world's attention.
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The destiny of man is not separated from the destiny of the world.
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They assert that the destiny of the soul is related to the activity of the soul during its habitation in the body.
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They tinkered with the destiny of many species, on land and in the ocean.
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This destiny , however, is created entirely by recent history.