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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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With more people than ever traveling for experiences and planning trips with friends to see their favorite artist, Marriott Bonvoy is giving a few lucky fans an exclusive experience through the Marriott Bonvoy® Cowboy Carter Tour Sweepstakes.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
30 Apr. 2025
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No one won the jackpot, but one lucky person in Virginia won the Match 5 $2 million prize.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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Some setbacks stem from missteps, including the accidental filing of an internal memo that questioned the administration's legal approach.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have gotten rid of divisions that oversee databases on things like accidental deaths and injuries, including fatal shootings, poisonings and motor vehicle crashes.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Love Hotel is less about happy endings and more about honoring the messy, hilarious, sometimes healing process of getting there.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
22 Apr. 2025
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The authors aspire to a world in which there is clean energy to power every convenience, medical care and medicines that allow people to live longer and healthier lives, and a happy balance between work and time with friends and family.—
Brian Deese,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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Her old boss Raymond King (J.K. Simmons), someone Chris had helped, was shot dead in LA and left a wall of random evidence involving a broken family, human trafficking and global assassinations.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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The company, which started in 2015 and sells itself as a meal kit service, is actually closer to an online grocery store than a place that’s going to send you half an onion wrapped in plastic and a tiny baggy of cumin to make some so-so black bean tacos or a random stir fry.—
Carina Finn,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
24 Apr. 2025
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Orlando lost to Boston 103-86 at TD Garden in Game 1, but in some ways, Orlando was fortunate the outcome wasn’t more lopsided.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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For the education sector as a whole, and for the preservation of academic freedom, Kimball pointed out to me, the decision to target Harvard may turn out to be a fortunate miscalculation.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Fluky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fluky. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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