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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
Noun
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Despite the downturn and uncertainty about the future, linear networks continue to throw off significant cash with a sheer tonnage of content that continues to support the overall ecosystem.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
8 July 2025
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But with so much uncertainty hanging over consumer brands and over consumer spending right now, Prime Day 2025 feels like the most unpredictable Prime Day ever.—
Jason Del Rey,
Fortune,
8 July 2025
Noun
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That randomness is supposed to simulate Arbus’ most famous method of finding her subjects: wandering the kaleidoscopic streets of New York with a camera strapped around her neck.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 June 2025
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The randomness is endemic to how Gen Z is trolling reality right now.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
23 June 2025
Noun
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America did not become a global scientific leader by accident.—
Dr. Mark Anderson,
Chicago Tribune,
7 July 2025
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The Climate Superfund Act is modeled after the federal Superfund law that requires companies to pay for the cleanup of contamination caused by their activities, such as hazardous waste disposal or accidents and spills.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 July 2025
Noun
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The theatrical paradigm is slowed, extended and occasionally reversed by the circumstance.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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The schedule may be modified due to weather or other circumstances.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
14 July 2025
Noun
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If your hire already delivers small wins or influences team flow, that’s not luck.—
Jason Walker PsyD,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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With a reliable offensive line and luck in the health department, Sanders has proven to be in the elite tier of running backs.—
Justin Grasso,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 July 2025
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By happenstance, the Bumb family owns the flea market property near the Berryessa BART station in northeast San Jose.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
3 July 2025
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Their happenstance meeting during an afternoon prison visit gives way to an unlikely dynamic that gets ever thornier the more their two disparate worlds collide.—
Manuel Betancourt,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This, as mentioned, is likely just a hazard of the frozen food industry.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
15 July 2025
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In 2013, following an appeal from the camp, FEMA amended the map and removed 15 buildings owned by the camp from the hazard area, the AP reported.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
14 July 2025
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That opens the door for several House Republicans to step up for a chance to serve as the next chairman, a position Green has held since 2018.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
7 July 2025
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Submit your questions to us about metro Phoenix and Arizona for a chance to be chosen for the podcast.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
7 July 2025
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“Fortuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fortuity. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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