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as in bundle
a very large amount of money
the billionaire's huge mansion must have cost a fortune
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as in destiny
a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand
it was his fortune that he should wander in the wilderness before becoming king
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as in luck
success that is partly the result of chance
in a streak of good fortune, she won the lottery twice that year
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as in wealth
the total of one's money and property
the family fortune is mostly in rare paintings and real estate
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Recent Examples of fortune
Lei, 55, now has a fortune of $35.3 billion, according to Forbes estimates.
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Yue Wang, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2025
Still, there were no guarantees of how much green steel tech Gary would get; a company town inevitably depends on the whims and fortunes of its company.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
And Sasaki, who could have changed the Padres’ fortunes amid a quiet yet turbulent offseason in San Diego, went from playing catch at Petco Park to signing a minor-league deal with the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers.
—Dennis Lin, The Athletic, 2 Feb. 2025
Melania—after biding her time for decades, then striking at exactly the right moment—may wind up with a larger personal fortune than all of them.
—Dan Alexander, Forbes, 1 Feb. 2025
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Yue Wang, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2025
Still, there were no guarantees of how much green steel tech Gary would get; a company town inevitably depends on the whims and fortunes of its company.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
And Sasaki, who could have changed the Padres’ fortunes amid a quiet yet turbulent offseason in San Diego, went from playing catch at Petco Park to signing a minor-league deal with the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers.
—Dennis Lin, The Athletic, 2 Feb. 2025
Melania—after biding her time for decades, then striking at exactly the right moment—may wind up with a larger personal fortune than all of them.
—Dan Alexander, Forbes, 1 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fortune
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For a player who, by his own admission, had given full-blooded, heart-and-soul commitment to the game of basketball, a future beyond the hardwood seemed unthinkable but inevitable.—
George Ramsay,
CNN,
8 Feb. 2025
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His iron was no longer hot and a bright future was far behind him.—
Oliver Kay,
The Athletic,
8 Feb. 2025
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The witness carried a nearly 50-pound cannabis bundle in a backpack from Mexico into the U.S. near Sonoita, Arizona, per court documents.—
José Ignacio Castañeda Perez,
The Arizona Republic,
15 Feb. 2025
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There's even a cottage industry for those who might be figuring out how to announce their own bundles of joy to the world.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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This book really focuses on the idea of fate and destiny.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2025
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Loucks Family Even as a child, Maggie Loucks believed being a mom was her destiny.—
Yuki Noguchi,
NPR,
12 Feb. 2025
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The Taco Stop's buzzing Midtown Fort Collins dining room is a far cry from the restaurant's roots, which took hold more than a decade ago after owners Cesar Lopez and Berenice Longoria tried their luck selling steak street tacos to late-night crowds out of their no-frills food cart.—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
13 Feb. 2025
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If a project fails, the bondholders are simply out of luck.—
Jonathan Shorman and,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2025
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Late socialite and multi-hyphenate Gloria Vanderbilt was born into the uppermost echelons of American society during the 1920s, inheriting her family’s vast wealth and influence accumulated during the Gilded Age via the railroad and shipping industries.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
14 Feb. 2025
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One of the people involved on the Russian side was the head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund chief Kirill Dmitriev, Witkoff told reporters on Wednesday.—
Barak Ravid,
Axios,
12 Feb. 2025
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The result is a season that’s ludicrous in plot yet freshly unsettling in its portrayal of how people can become resigned to their fate.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
18 Feb. 2025
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The far away country was Czechoslovakia and so off Chamberlain flew to meet Hitler in Munich to decide the fate of the Czechoslovaks without them at the table with the big powers.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2025
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The boy was dressed in a black T-shirt and baggy jeans, and with a pile of black curls on top.—
Steve Appleford,
SPIN,
11 Feb. 2025
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Stein first observed around six snakes slithering into a pile of mulch in his yard, and realized some were newborns.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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Such efforts can help strengthen the protection of digital assets and customer data while addressing the evolving demands of API security.—
Michael Nicosia,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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Data protection of organizations’ digital assets and consumer information is one of the critical areas where such collaboration is essential, especially as consumers place more emphasis on their personal data security.—
Michael Nicosia,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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“Fortune.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fortune. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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