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Noun
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In recent months, Cat & Cloud Coffee, based in Santa Cruz, has turned down offers to open new cafes in the city because of the uncertainty generated by Trump’s tariffs, said company owner Charles Jack.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025 -
The Texas worker, who asked not to be named over concern about the uncertainty of the situation, told CBS News the full premium for continuation of health coverage was $1,300 each month for a single person, along with a 2% administrative fee and additional out-of-pocket costs.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Complete randomness would be a 9.2 quintillion chance of picking the perfect NCAA bracket.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
20 Mar. 2025
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This randomness prevents attackers from mapping the system, as their efforts quickly become obsolete due to frequent changes. 4.—
Amarandhar Kotha,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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But after a while, realizing that in-person services remained a long way off, the group resumed meeting online, playing recordings of communal singing to which members could add their voices and sharing songs in advance to compensate for the loss of fortuity.—
Philissa Cramer,
sun-sentinel.com,
16 Sep. 2020
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Uncovering a Speedster with a little over 13,000 miles on the odometer in an estate sale is automotive fortuity.—
Austin Irwin,
Car and Driver,
13 Sep. 2021
Noun
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Adam DeVine was told to 'stick to the script' on Modern Family after confusing Sofia Vergara with improv DeVine detailed his childhood accident to Entertainment Weekly in 2016.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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This accident is one of many issues faced by self-driving and electric vehicle companies in China, including batteries in electric vehicles catching fire and brake systems failing.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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Although Obama’s circumstances as wife to a president are certainly extraordinary, her comments immediately resonated with women across the country because of their universality.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
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Melodrama gets a bad rap for being too exaggerated, and over-the-top but outrageous circumstances beget heightened emotions.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In a state with a significant shortage of primary care providers, that meant many low-income residents who use Planned Parenthood for their health care would be out of luck.—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
2 Apr. 2025
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Such as participating in games that required social skills mixed in with ingenuity, sprinkled with a dose of luck.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Yet at least one in three Americans lives in a place where the air is still a health hazard.—
Zoë Schlanger,
The Atlantic,
9 Apr. 2025
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Its signature hazard is the 60-feet-long bunker placed in the middle of the fairway, about 100 yards from the green.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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For some hoops fans, the NCAA men’s basketball tournament is about school spirit, shocking upsets, Cinderella runs, the office bracket contest, mid-majors with funny mascots or a myriad of other happenstances that make March Madness popular.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC News,
18 Mar. 2025
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Benson’s approach is more about serendipity than happenstance.—
Lilian Raji,
Forbes,
15 Dec. 2024
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“Fortuitousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fortuitousness. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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