fated

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If you lack investment discipline and don’t have a plan to handle your winners and losers, you are likely fated to lose more than you should—and to earn less than you could.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

It’s not that NewsNation was fated to go this way.

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026

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

On the night of the concert, everything leads up to the fated Mitch & Mickey performance.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2026

He was a warrior, and this dark ferocity had been passed down in the blood of the Miyamoto family and he himself was fated to carry it into the next generation.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson