fortuitousness

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Noun
  • Adding to the uncertainty, Congress allowed Affordable Care Act subsidies to expire last year, which caused insurance premiums to spike for millions more people.
    Tamar Hallerman, AJC.com, 1 July 2026
  • This work of checking in on team members or translating ambiguity, especially during periods of uncertainty, has been dubbed the empathy or care tax.
    Holly Corbett, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • Residents say the repeat offenders make the neighborhood unsafe given the randomness of their attacks.
    Sabrina Franza, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • Validated quality Modern cybersecurity lives or dies by true randomness.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • Uncovering a Speedster with a little over 13,000 miles on the odometer in an estate sale is automotive fortuity.
    Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 13 Sep. 2021
  • But after a while, realizing that in-person services remained a long way off, the group resumed meeting online, playing recordings of communal singing to which members could add their voices and sharing songs in advance to compensate for the loss of fortuity.
    Philissa Cramer, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Sep. 2020
Noun
  • Eiglarsh added that while the suffering of the families was evident throughout the trial, the defense successfully argued that the crash was a tragic accident.
    Nikiya Carrero, CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • Was fatal boat crash just an accident — or was Pino reckless?
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • Plantation Police detectives are now investigating the circumstances surrounding the child's death.
    Anna McAllister, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • Officials did not provide additional details about the circumstances surrounding Ortiz Canseco's disappearance.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • Perhaps the problem arose from the extravagant expectations of American life, the sense that bad luck will always be chased by good fortune and that the poor man is merely someone who has yet to strike it rich.
    Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • Members gather on local piers to learn crabbing techniques, understand regulations and try their luck at bringing home fresh seafood.
    Loureen Ayyoub, CBS News, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • Its origin comes from the maritime profession of a harbor pilot – an expert with deep training and experience in local waters and their hazards, whose job is to go aboard large ships to navigate them safely in or out of a harbor.
    David Szondy June 27, New Atlas, 27 June 2026
  • Travel at a safe speed and keep a lookout for other boats, swimmers, and hazards.
    Doug Myers, CBS News, 27 June 2026
Noun
  • And June 14, which by happenstance is my birthday.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026
  • And that's obviously not by happenstance.
    Heather Abbott, CBS News, 7 June 2026
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“Fortuitousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fortuitousness. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.

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