1
as in fortune
success that is partly the result of chance
some people have all the luck
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2
as in chance
the uncertain course of events
let's plan our vacation rather than leave everything to luck
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Recent Examples of luck
Extremely Large Telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile might have better luck.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2025
People in parts of Europe and Africa could have better luck.
—Katrina Miller, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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
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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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2025
People in parts of Europe and Africa could have better luck.
—Katrina Miller, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for luck
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While still the world's richest man by a lot at about $3.83 billion as of April 2, ahead of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Forbes reported that Musk's fortune dropped about $121 billion from December to the end of March; however, recent upticks in Tesla's stock price have salvaged his net worth.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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That, plus the Brazilian real’s depreciation against the dollar, made a huge dent in Pinheiro Koren de Lima’s fortune.—
Grace Thomas,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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The Wisconsin and Florida votes were the first big electoral test for Republicans since President Trump assumed office on January 20 and made radical chances to U.S. policy regarding international trade, immigration and federal employment.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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As with tattoos, there's a chance that microneedling could trigger new psoriasis lesions through the Koebner phenomenon.—
Sarah Bence, OTR/L,
Verywell Health,
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
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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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As part of his origin story, Hazard is disabled after losing an arm and both legs in an accident, leading to the use of high-tech prosthetic limbs.—
Ryan Easby,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Luck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/luck. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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