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
  • Public investment sustains that work through years of uncertainty.
    — Carole LaBonne, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
  • It should be built to help identify which evidence is credible; to generate the strongest competing explanations; to distinguish facts from inference and prediction; and to make uncertainty visible rather than manufacture precision.
    — Keren Yarhi-Milo, Time, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of uncertainty
Noun
  • Instead of being to the right of the domain—as is the case with Google links—the randomness for Grok Build links is positioned to the left of it.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 10 Nov. 2026
  • And that the disparate approaches to roster construction show that what actually matters is a combination of timing, randomness, luck, and talent.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 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
  • Another accident in 2017 occurred on the way to Alexandria, when a train derailed and collided head-on with another train, killing more than 40 people.
    — Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2026
  • In May, one person was killed and another injured after a skydiving accident in Perris.
    — Iris Kwok Follow Nov. 6, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of accident
Noun
  • The value of a life insurance policy, like any other insurance coverage, however, is relative to the policyholder, their financial circumstances and their goals.
    — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Why should two families in similar circumstances pay such wildly different taxes when all else is equal?
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of circumstance
Noun
  • What readers are saying The comments revolve around the theme of success and the role of luck versus hard work.
    — Razzan Nakhlawi, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Just put in the effort and the prayers and have a little bit of luck and keep rolling on, baby.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of luck
Noun
  • Jim and his comrades in golf spread Richard’s ashes into the 16th hole water hazard of the Dunham Hill Golf Club in Hartland, Mich.
    — Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Officials at Port Hueneme had warned the agency about those hazards.
    — Harry T Angell, Oc Register, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of hazard
Noun
  • The calculus that builds this environment isn’t happenstance.
    — John W. Bateman, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Today, she’s stalled out and blaming her failure on happenstance.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of happenstance
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“Fortuitousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fortuitousness. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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