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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
Diya Chacko, Oc Register, 18 May 2026
Once fated to be replaced by pickleball courts, the beloved basketball courts at Fort Lauderdale Beach Park are here to stay.
—Amanda Rosa
may 6, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
Like many rags-to-riches stories, the quintet’s rise to fame seemed fated.
—India Roby, Architectural Digest, 4 May 2026
Linking their destinities is a man—presumably the traitor’s son of the title—with the extra wrinkle that Elegy is fated to fall in love with him.
—Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
But with challenges or recent decisions across multiple circuits, experts say the fight is fated for the Supreme Court.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026
The results are not pre-selected by some conspiracy, nor are they fated.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 8 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
Verb
Bannister presents five random strangers on a train, one of whom is fated to die in the next five minutes.
—Diya Chacko, Oc Register, 18 May 2026
Once fated to be replaced by pickleball courts, the beloved basketball courts at Fort Lauderdale Beach Park are here to stay.
—Amanda Rosa
may 6, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
Like many rags-to-riches stories, the quintet’s rise to fame seemed fated.
—India Roby, Architectural Digest, 4 May 2026
Linking their destinities is a man—presumably the traitor’s son of the title—with the extra wrinkle that Elegy is fated to fall in love with him.
—Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
But with challenges or recent decisions across multiple circuits, experts say the fight is fated for the Supreme Court.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026
The results are not pre-selected by some conspiracy, nor are they fated.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 8 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fated
Verb
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Surely, being a prophet destined to die on the cross would be a painful vocation, and the film refuses to look away from this pain.—
Isaac Butler,
New Yorker,
30 May 2026
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Legend says that tourists who grind their heels on the bull's testicles and spin in place three times are guaranteed good fortune and are destined to return to the city.—
Christopher Edwards,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
Verb
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The other thing that doomed them to a seventh loss in their past eight games is akin to a crack in their foundation.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 June 2026
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Consider that internal Republican opposition doomed last year’s effort to preempt state laws, a debate that feels like light years away from the more bipartisan conversation that’s already happening.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
3 June 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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“Fated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fated. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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