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Recent Examples of fluky But sometimes that kept the best teams from playing in the biggest games because of one fluky regular season loss – something that does not exist in literally any other American sport. Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025 How much of this turnaround is real, and how much of it might be a bit fluky? Zach Harper, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025 While a flukey deflection contributed to that outcome, there’s no convenient excuse for how a Timmins blunder led to the Flyers’ second goal. Nick Ashbourne, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025 And the other crazy plays, penalties or lack thereof might not be quite as fluky as what the Chiefs are going through this year. Jeff Fedotin, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for fluky
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fluky
Adjective
  • The Moon is in your sign dancing with fair Venus and lucky, moneybags Jupiter.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Sabrina Carpenter is loosening her leash on Man’s Best Friend ahead of its release date, with the pop star playing the album for a group of lucky fans who got to hear it before the rest of the world at an exclusive event on Wednesday (Aug. 13).
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • An accidental entrepreneur Epic’s Deep Space Auditorium.
    Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Finally, the rules have been tweaked for accidental ‘double-touch’ penalties.
    Cerys Jones, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Russo, who's written more than a dozen books, appeared to be as happy as if anyone else had said this to him.
    Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • While longtime fans of the ship are still mourning the loss of the SS United States to the bottom of the ocean, some were happy with the new museum design update.
    Danny Freeman, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • In case of doubt, competent authorities may carry out random on-site inspections of cybersecurity standards in the companies, for which the management can be held liable.
    Dennis-Kenji Kipker, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The Chinese scientist used the gene-editing technique known as CRISPR, which allows scientists to make very precise changes in DNA much more easily than ever before but can cause potentially dangerous random mutations.
    Rob Stein, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • May her memory continue to inspire kindness, strength, and love in all those who were fortunate enough to know her.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Communicate The Importance Of Your Organization Nonprofits are fortunate to have many avenues to develop financial resources.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025

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“Fluky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fluky. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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