1
as in fortunate
coming or happening by good luck especially unexpectedly
your arrival just before the thunderstorm was fortuitous
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as in accidental
happening by chance
firmly believes that the creation of the universe was something other than just the fortuitous coming together of particles of matter
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Recent Examples of fortuitous
Borgen’s skate blade history and the GM meeting development leads off my weekly observations column, which covers losses to the Calgary Flames and Toronto Maple Leafs plus Saturday’s fortuitous win against the Vancouver Canucks.
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Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
But with its members spread across the globe – Harrington in L.A., Esparza in New York, and Jaar overseas in London – those fortuitous alignments of time and place weren’t particularly common.
—Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 27 Feb. 2025
The series has become an unexpected grief tracker; Paddington, my fortuitous companion.
—Rachel Sherman, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
Yet in Morrison’s book, the show is simply the result of what Michaels has been doing all along — trying to convene talent in hopes of gaining a fortuitous result.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
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Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
But with its members spread across the globe – Harrington in L.A., Esparza in New York, and Jaar overseas in London – those fortuitous alignments of time and place weren’t particularly common.
—Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 27 Feb. 2025
The series has become an unexpected grief tracker; Paddington, my fortuitous companion.
—Rachel Sherman, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
Yet in Morrison’s book, the show is simply the result of what Michaels has been doing all along — trying to convene talent in hopes of gaining a fortuitous result.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fortuitous
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The crowd at Kauffman Stadium for opening day was full of children fortunate enough to be on spring break to see the Royals play the Guardians, along with adults passing on their own love of the spring tradition.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
28 Mar. 2025
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One thing that’s fortunate is that as much as Boygenius fans loved you together, and not everybody got to see a show, the vast majority want just as much to hear the solo records that are coming.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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The coroner’s office ruled the deaths accidental due to blunt force trauma.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2025
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In another show, with a lesser writer, such incongruities could be read as character inconsistencies, accidental oversights, mistakes.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
7 Apr. 2025
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Read More About: MTV RuPaul's Drag Race TV News TV Ratings Subscribe to Deadline Get our Breaking News Alerts and Keep your inbox happy.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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They’re actually formulated with moisturizing ingredients like (vitamin E and hyaluronic acid) to nourish the skin, with noncomedogenic options to keep acne-prone skin happy.—
Alanna Martine Kilkeary,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
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In 2002, Amazon required every executive to master an unexpected skill: writing press releases for products that didn’t yet exist.—
Daniel Lotzof,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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JuJu Watkins is receiving love from unexpected places.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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On a totally different tangent, though, there may be some lucky news around wealth matters this week, too, such as a shift around assets, a settlement or a debt.—
Kyle Thomas,
People.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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The most recent big Mega Millions winner was a lucky lottery ticket holder in Illinois last month, who took home a $344 million jackpot.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA Today,
5 Apr. 2025
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While that trend has been in place for years, recent events suggest an acceleration in sales — and the timing may not be coincidental.—
Joel Shulman,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The White House has not commented on how the formula was created, so the similarities may simply be coincidental.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Fortuitous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fortuitous. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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