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the warning that the lack of an advanced education will fate a person to a lifetime of below-average earnings
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Recent Examples of fated
Thomas Drance, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Training people to believe they are fated, or even happy, to live without freedom, rights or real choice is the only way a totalitarian society can survive.
—Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Landscape painters, lithographers, and photographers introduced Easterners to the Romantic West of sublime landscapes filled with tow-ering peaks and deep canyons and Indians who seemed to exist only in small numbers, fated to disappear as American pioneers swept westward.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
Elsewhere, the Dolphins are engaged in a full-on tank, and the Jets are the Jets, fated for failure until further notice.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2026
Sparkling Miss Camberg was fated to wed the man whose name so closely mirrored her own.
—Miranda Seymour, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026
If so, this romance will feel fated, as if it were meant to be.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2026
Those who keep going aren’t always confident, or tougher than anyone else, or fated to a grand destiny.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2026
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Born in the small town of Mallard, Louisiana, a set of identical twins are fated for opposite lives.
—Amanda Favazza, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
The results are not pre-selected by some conspiracy, nor are they fated.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Training people to believe they are fated, or even happy, to live without freedom, rights or real choice is the only way a totalitarian society can survive.
—Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Landscape painters, lithographers, and photographers introduced Easterners to the Romantic West of sublime landscapes filled with tow-ering peaks and deep canyons and Indians who seemed to exist only in small numbers, fated to disappear as American pioneers swept westward.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
Elsewhere, the Dolphins are engaged in a full-on tank, and the Jets are the Jets, fated for failure until further notice.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2026
Sparkling Miss Camberg was fated to wed the man whose name so closely mirrored her own.
—Miranda Seymour, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026
If so, this romance will feel fated, as if it were meant to be.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2026
Those who keep going aren’t always confident, or tougher than anyone else, or fated to a grand destiny.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2026
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Born in the small town of Mallard, Louisiana, a set of identical twins are fated for opposite lives.
—Amanda Favazza, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fated
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Jennifer Garner and Judy Greer seem destined to play frenemies for the rest of their lives.—
Max Gao,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2026
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Whether your aesthetic leans more tailored or bohemian, traditional or minimalist, there’s a bouclé, velvet, or wood wingback bed that’s destined for your space.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
10 Apr. 2026
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In comments carried by semi-official ISNA news agency, Pezeshkian said any attempt to impose will or force the country into surrender is doomed to fail, and the Iranian nation will never accept such an approach.—
Alexandra Bacallao,
NBC news,
15 Apr. 2026
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The blockade will fail, as all piracy is doomed to collapse.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude disregarded all threats of legal action, directing Running Fence to complete its predestined voyage into the sea.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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