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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

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

All philosophers acknowledge this, asserting that the truth of contingent futurities is determinate, and that nevertheless they remain contingent.

From Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil by Huggard, E.M.

And hawk—the hawk is a good fellow— And chanticleer, with cockscomb yellow; But all the ravens—they must go— Pry in futurities, you know.

From Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) by Gay, John

O centuries That roll, in vision, your futurities My grave athwart!

From The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities by Osgood, Samuel