as in destined
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to determine the fate of in advance
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
Andy Browne, semafor.com, 8 Jan. 2026
Exceptionalism but for being something worse than cursed—fated, maybe—for a specific brand of suffering.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
Born in 1947, Rob Reiner was, of course, the son of comedy legend Carl Reiner, and seemingly fated by lineage for sitcom fame.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 29 Dec. 2025
An intimate moment with someone could feel almost fated.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025
When the Sun moves through those signs, your travel serendipity theoretically increases and the travels often feel more fated.
—Colin Bedell, Them., 17 Nov. 2025
But the timing feels fated as tensions between the US and Russia have dominated the news cycle.
—Perrie Samotin, Glamour, 13 Nov. 2025
If the person dreamed of you that night, romance was fated by the intelligence of the jungle.
—Ryan Knighton, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
At the same time, her portrayal of the interlude as fated, and fulfilling thanks in part to that feeling, is pure Smith.
—Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025
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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.
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The very flying machine that now seemed destined to disintegrate in midair with us and the little girl.—
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Majors seemed destined for the ranks of Hollywood's A-list before he was arrested following a 2023 altercation with his then-girlfriend.—
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They were doomed to perish in the fires of hell.—
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Evolutionary biologists have long debated whether hunters or climate change ultimately doomed the woolly rhinoceros.—
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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.—
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“Fated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fated. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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