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it is fated

INTERJECTION
c'est la vie
Synonyms
WEAK
it's in the cards oh well que sera sera such is life that's how the cookie crumbles that's life that's reality what will be will be

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Some combination of the 47 people in it is fated to succeed.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

If he will not do this, then the war must go as it is fated.

From Swallow: a tale of the great trek by Haggard, Henry Rider

If it neither learns the new nor forgets the old, it is fated, even if it has been royal for thirty generations.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

"If it is fated it will befall," he said in his dream.

From Eric Brighteyes by Haggard, Henry Rider

Ah woe is me for that it is fated that Sarpedon, the best-beloved of men to me, shall be subdued under Patroklos son of Menoitios.

From The Iliad by Homer