variants also flukey
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Recent Examples of fluky Closer Concern Luke Jackson (TEX): Understanding manager Bruce Bochy remains far more patient than the fantasy community, Jackson has converted eight of nine save opportunities, but he’s also suffered three losses, though sometimes fluky by nature. Greg Jewett, New York Times, 1 May 2025 Was David Peterson’s success as fluky as some of the peripheral stats suggested throughout last season? Tim Britton, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025 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 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
  • Mallett has been lucky in that regard.
    La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Yet, for a team whose defense hardly made any plays for months at a time last season and dug an insurmountable hole by never getting the lucky bounce or break in a zillion one-score losses, there were no apologies.
    Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Police determined the injury was accidental and not child abuse.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The sound does much of the work in action sequences obscured by blinding snowstorms and flashing emergency lights, punctuated by creative acts of accidental self-harm that save our protagonists from certain death more than once.
    Katie Rife, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • There are also fears that doctors in these practices may focus too much on keeping paying patients happy, rather than providing the best disease management or medical care, researchers said.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Each of them is raising a glass or bottle of beer — visible labels include Blatz and Schlitz — and each of the men look content, even happy.
    Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The bookstore idea came from a random day at her local coffee shop and an empty stall in the strip mall.
    Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
  • During a random search of the area, two officers accidentally stumble on a member of the gang posing as a municipal worker in a high-viz boiler suit.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Scientists got fortunate in this case.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Was fortunate enough to win three.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Fluky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fluky. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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