futurity
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In doing so, Autje and Neitje firmly establish themselves on the fulcrum of a new futurity — unfamiliar, uncertain, and irresistible.
From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2023
In my own scholarship and writing, I’m building up these ideas in ways that feed into conversations within Black feminism, Black studies, Afrofuturism, and debates about our shared history and futurity.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2022
“I love her ability to pivot from conversations around Black futurity that center on the fantastic and spectacular,” Onli added, “and remind us that our future may not look drastically different from our present.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2022
He eventually leveled past the 1/16-pole when fifth vs. winner Runforyourlife, a two-time futurity first-place finisher this year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2019
For a moment, we gaped at the imminent futurity of it.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
At events called futurities, the bulls could now compete directly against one another, carrying dummy cowboys on their backs while judges rated their bucking ability.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 1, 2014
If all went well, the bull would get sent to thirty-five or forty rodeos a year, earning five to ten thousand in fees and up to a hundred thousand in futurities and other winnings.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 1, 2014
Their prayers all said, and their futurities securely invested,—who so carefree and cozy as they?
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Herman Melville
I always liked that pious Arab qualification when speaking of futurities.
From Down the Columbia by Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome) Freeman
What about that investment in futurities you made on the train?
From Bucky O'Connor by William MacLeod Raine
