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

We are all fated to die, but for most people Mr. Sasse’s age death is distant, even theoretical.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

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

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2026

Apollo had declared that he was fated to kill his father.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton