fated

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In the evolving landscape of college basketball, talented freshmen fated to spend two semesters on campus before rushing off to the NBA draft used to be all the rage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Japan also has a currency that seems fated to rebound sooner or later, spelling profit for global investors.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

I felt something similar to that fated inevitability a couple of years back, running into that old boyfriend on the street one afternoon in Brooklyn.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2025

Olivia Rodrigo fans who had tickets for her ill fated gigs at Manchester's Co-op Live arena in May must wait until next summer for her rescheduled dates.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2024

It turned from poik-yos into faigjaz in Germanic, and faege in Old English, meaning fated to die, leading to “fey.”

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas