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also flukey
1
as in lucky
coming or happening by good luck especially unexpectedly
a fluky coincidence that kept me safely at home when the blizzard hit
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2
as in accidental
happening by chance
the fluky selection of consecutive numbers on consecutive days of the lottery
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Recent Examples of fluky
While a flukey deflection contributed to that outcome, there’s no convenient excuse for how a Timmins blunder led to the Flyers’ second goal.
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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
Four of their six losses in 2023 were fluky.
—Jeff Fedotin, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
There were some fluky plays, two empty-netters.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
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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
Four of their six losses in 2023 were fluky.
—Jeff Fedotin, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
There were some fluky plays, two empty-netters.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fluky
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Now, 40 years after cameras first rolled, an iconic piece of the film’s wardrobe is jumping off the screen and into one lucky fan’s closet.—
Ryan P. C. Trimble,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
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The lucky player beat odds of 1 in 324,632 to snag the historic prize.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Miami Herald,
5 June 2025
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The trauma Miami Dolphins fans experience isn’t accidental.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
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The difference in these teams after this opening act — 80 minutes of often great, mostly white-knuckled hockey — was an accidental flip of the puck out of play for a two-minute penalty near the end of overtime.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
5 June 2025
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When a match goes really well — i.e. when the couple gets engaged, the ballyhooed happy ending of all romances, naturally — a bar cart is rolled out and all the young matchmakers gather around each other and cheer for their good fortune, and for the seeming success of love itself.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
9 June 2025
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What if starlets like Spears were not happy collaborators in a patriarchal order but scapegoats who had been exploited for profit, pushed to the brink by an insatiable audience, and forced to bear the misogynistic projections of an entire country?—
Dayna Tortorici,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
Adjective
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Avoid long strings of random numbers, special characters or irrelevant details.—
Nick Zviadadze,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Previous studies landed on either side of the one coin: the formation was random, or that the animals deliberately took up positions that protected vulnerable animals from attack.—
Bronwyn Thompson,
New Atlas,
7 June 2025
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Kendall Jenner may be able to afford $890 flip-flops, but most of us are not so fortunate.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
7 June 2025
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While the child and the other rescuer made it out of the water uninjured, Smiley wasn't as fortunate and got caught up in the current.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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“Fluky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fluky. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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