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Recent Examples of fortuity
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.
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Philissa Cramer, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Sep. 2020
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
Billy was born in 1910 in a Lower East Side tenement and raised as a teenager in Bayside, Queens, in what seemed like an age of infinite fortuity.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2018
Philissa Cramer, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Sep. 2020
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
Billy was born in 1910 in a Lower East Side tenement and raised as a teenager in Bayside, Queens, in what seemed like an age of infinite fortuity.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fortuity
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The Energy Department on Monday approved the release of nearly $57 million from the loan, a sign that the Trump administration supports the project amid the turmoil and uncertainty in Washington over federal funding for projects started under the Biden administration.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
22 Mar. 2025
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It’s filled with moments of uncertainty, mid-sentence realizations and mental sticky notes.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Both O’Neill Burke and police Superintendent Larry Snelling noted the apparent randomness of the shootings.—
Sam Charles,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2025
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Some of it is the randomness of life in the algorithm era, and some of it was specific to this show and that moment.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Connected sensors track environmental hazards, which secure rapid response to prevent accidents.—
Oleg Fonarov,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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The golden retriever didn't chew up anything during puppyhood and had no recurring accidents.—
Kelli Bender,
People.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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His lawyers noted there are many circumstances which might make a person ineligible for bond, such as coming in at a port of entry and having a visa questioned.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2025
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However, nuance matters in punctuation, and Albritton has found an important caveat: In certain circumstances, periods are used to convey earnestness or seriousness.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Two Georgia lottery players tried their luck — and walked away with life-changing wins.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Miami Herald,
21 Mar. 2025
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However, their luck ran out in the following two games, where the Reds lost twice in a row to PSG in the last-16 second-leg and then Newcastle in the Carabao Cup final – the latter held them without a shot for an entire half.—
Brett Koremenos,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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In that sense, the achievement of AGI or ASI is merely a happenstance along the way.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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The timing of the expulsions, particularly of the ICRC, is not happenstance.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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Atmospheric conditions to the south – from the mid-Atlantic to the Gulf coast – are more likely to support thunderstorms with all hazards, including hail and tornadoes.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
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On Friday at 5:10 a.m. a beach hazards statement was released by the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA in effect until Saturday at 11 a.m. for Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast and Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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In the ’90s, a movie like this one might have had a chance to catch on.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
22 Mar. 2025
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If preview numbers are any indication, the movie has every chance of crossing $50 million and spark a turnaround at the lagging 2025 domestic box office.—
Pamela McClintock,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Fortuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fortuity. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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