fortuitousness

noun

Definition of fortuitousnessnext
as in uncertainty

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  1. uncertainty
  2. randomness
  3. fortuity
  4. accident
  5. circumstance
  6. luck
  7. hazard
  8. happenstance
Noun
  • The uncertainty lay in how to care for themselves, honor that history and make space for a future.
    — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Josemar Lauriano Pereira, a 46-year-old lawyer, said that the rapid availability of results helped combat fraud and uncertainty.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of uncertainty
Noun
  • The use of randomness in these oracular techniques creates an enigmatic black box effect – no one can explain just how the chance element embedded in these techniques connects with the answer that emerges.
    — Ambuj Tewari, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026
  • These results passed official National Institute of Standards and Technology benchmark test suites, which serve as the gold standard for measuring randomness, as per the release.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of randomness
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
  • Billy was born in 1910 in a Lower East Side tenement and raised as a teenager in Bayside, Queens, in what seemed like an age of infinite fortuity.
    — SAM ROBERTS, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2018
Definition of fortuity
Noun
  • The public health agency also said no biological safety breaches or laboratory accidents occurred at the facility.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
  • There have been 42 accidents and crashes tied to the Catalina airport, claiming 30 lives since 1982.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of accident
Noun
  • In its statement, FARDC said an investigation to determine the actual circumstances and the exact causes of the fatal plane crash was already underway.
    — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Physiology, under the right circumstances, becomes disease or pathology.
    — Subramaniam C. Krishnan, STAT, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of circumstance
Noun
  • It is said that touching the polished engravings of the event placed at the pedestal of the Nepomuk statue will bring luck and ensure a return to Prague.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Playing Stratego well requires randomizing the arrangement of your pieces, so luck always plays a role.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of luck
Noun
  • Raw-milk consumption was a growing hazard, and their state, like others, was teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
  • While some fall days may seem warm, the water can be significantly colder than air temperature, posing hazards for boaters, officials said.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of hazard
Noun
  • The idea to incorporate elements of mariachi music into a cover of a Smiths tune happened by happenstance in December 2024.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • First, there’s Bertha Manchester (Linda Reiter), who, in a morbid bit of happenstance, was actually killed in a brutal axe murder just days before Lizzie’s trial.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of happenstance
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“Fortuitousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fortuitousness. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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