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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
Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 21 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
Henry seems to interpret this as a reinforcement of the Commander’s prophecy—that he, too, is fated to kill himself on his 40th birthday.
—Judy Berman, Time, 19 Jan. 2026
There is a healthy amount of respect between the Rams and Seahawks, and — at least from the Rams in the locker room Sunday night — a feeling that this matchup was fated.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2026
The downside, Xie says, is that productivity-enhancing technology is deflationary — doubly so in China where any sector prioritized by the state is fated toward involution.
—Andy Browne, semafor.com, 8 Jan. 2026
Verb
Watch out for whatever is fated this go-around.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 21 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
Henry seems to interpret this as a reinforcement of the Commander’s prophecy—that he, too, is fated to kill himself on his 40th birthday.
—Judy Berman, Time, 19 Jan. 2026
There is a healthy amount of respect between the Rams and Seahawks, and — at least from the Rams in the locker room Sunday night — a feeling that this matchup was fated.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2026
The downside, Xie says, is that productivity-enhancing technology is deflationary — doubly so in China where any sector prioritized by the state is fated toward involution.
—Andy Browne, semafor.com, 8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fated
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Above and beyond the meals destined for the food bank, Mertz uses her own resources to create some for residents at a nearby senior citizen community who do not have the means to cook for themselves.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
27 Mar. 2026
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Choi then went on to win her FIS World Cup debut as a 15-year-old at Copper Mountain in December 2023, seemingly destined to make even more history at such an early age.—
Gawon Bae,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
Verb
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As a result, the franchise is caught between the competing impulses to preserve its legacy as a romantic ideal and to modernize itself for an audience that no longer believes in that mirage — resulting, most recently, in a casting that was doomed to fail on all fronts.—
Shamira Ibrahim,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Mar. 2026
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Johnson’s campaign would be doomed if Willie Wilson were to decide to run again.—
Laura Washington,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 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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