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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
When the studios began selling their pre-1948 back catalogs to television, the owners of the films made a fortune, the actors made nothing (just ask the Three Stooges).
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Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 28 Feb. 2026
But a stroke of good fortune finally came my brother’s way when that day came that his car disappeared.
—Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
Eze started the first (Brentford away) and last (Spurs away) matches as Arsenal’s No 10, but contrasting fortunes and more minor injuries across the team (with Odegaard and Calafiori) meant experimentation in midfield.
—Art De Roché, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
This turn of fortune will not be enough to defeat the Russians, who still possess a much larger army with a far superior arsenal of weapons, including nuclear missiles.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2026
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Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 28 Feb. 2026
But a stroke of good fortune finally came my brother’s way when that day came that his car disappeared.
—Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
Eze started the first (Brentford away) and last (Spurs away) matches as Arsenal’s No 10, but contrasting fortunes and more minor injuries across the team (with Odegaard and Calafiori) meant experimentation in midfield.
—Art De Roché, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
This turn of fortune will not be enough to defeat the Russians, who still possess a much larger army with a far superior arsenal of weapons, including nuclear missiles.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fortune
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Stretching your perspective builds a reliable path to an enlightened future.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
6 Mar. 2026
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An unpredictable future Much depends on how long the war with Iran lasts.—
David McHugh,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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In promoting the new Disney+/Hulu bundle deal, the company cited upcoming programming coming to the services.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2026
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This bundle remedies the common storage complaint by including a USB hub along with a 512GB SD card, giving you way more room for files than any other machine in this rundown.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
5 Mar. 2026
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In the Texas primaries, each party wanted to get to a future a little beyond its candidates’ reach—in which political destiny was tempered and interrupted by the particularity of its characters.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
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In this way, the film becomes a manifesto for alternate destinies within the Black experience, and a semi-formal goodbye letter to the delusional but politically expedient optimism of the 2010s, wherein the end of the neoliberal order becomes a gateway to renewed self-possession and agency.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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So far, though, astronomers haven't had much luck finding any such line.—
Kiona N. Smith,
Space.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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But many people who bought travel insurance as a financial backstop to protect against such travel disruptions may be out of luck.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
2 Mar. 2026
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Van Hollen's plan would not raise as much as Sanders', but Van Hollen's is less likely to face constitutional challenges, as experts have long debated the legality of a national wealth tax.—
JEFF STEIN THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
6 Mar. 2026
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Darius Anderson, a longtime lobbyist in the state Capitol who played a role in the 2013 effort to keep the Sacramento Kings from leaving the city, stands accused of fraud by his longtime business partner Ron Burkle, a grocery store magnate whose wealth is estimated to be in the billions.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Patrick, a former state senator and conservative talk radio host from Houston, has held the lieutenant governor’s office for 10 years, wielding enormous control over the legislative agenda and the fate of bills in the state Senate.—
Karen Brooks Harper
Austin Bureau,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Mar. 2026
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Paltrow hasn’t discussed the fate of her engagement ring since the news of her and Pitt’s breakup came out in 1997.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
3 Mar. 2026
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With Monday evening performances canceled and piles of snow keeping pedestrians and drivers at bay, total grosses fell to $26,036,589 for the week ending March 1, down from $32M the previous week.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
3 Mar. 2026
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Reduce clutter by addressing any piles of paper and looking through bathroom products for expired or unused items.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
3 Mar. 2026
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The meetings come as the Republican administration seeks to leverage military assets to restore dominance in the hemisphere while now also fighting a war in Iran.—
JOSHUA GOODMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
6 Mar. 2026
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Investors who need to sell their physical gold assets, on the other hand, will typically need to do so through a precious metal dealer or individual buyer.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Fortune.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fortune. Accessed 8 Mar. 2026.
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