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Recent Examples of fortuity
Uncovering a Speedster with a little over 13,000 miles on the odometer in an estate sale is automotive fortuity.
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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
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
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fortuity
Noun
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That uncertainty comes with a risk.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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When uncertainty rises, organizations instinctively tighten their grip.—
Amy Eliza Wong,
Fortune,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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These approaches work with general procedural rules that are repeated with some measure of randomness to create infinite scenery.—
Amir Husain,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The apparent randomness of the attack has left residents and workers in the area shaken, particularly given the trail’s popularity and the neighborhood’s reputation for safety.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Another accident on northbound I-35 and Medical District Drive closed at least one lane and the shoulder, in addition to the frontage road, causing a backup beginning all the way around downtown Dallas.—
Sasha Richie,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Pearce has no memory of the accident, nor of the harrowing month that followed.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Ronaldo’s only goals at the tournament came in these circumstances.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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The morning show’s array of hosts often refer to one another as a family in regular circumstances, a bond that has only been emphasized in NBC’s coverage of Nancy Guthrie’s case.—
Kase Wickman,
Vanity Fair,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Many would give the shirt off their back to have your luck in men.—
Jon Wertheim,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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In the first five minutes, Leeds had several moments of threat down their left side, with Abbott actually doing well — albeit armed with a big chunk of luck — to deflect a Gabriel Gudmundsson cross over his own bar.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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But Haiti didn’t become this way by happenstance.—
Ruth Jean-Marie,
Time,
3 Feb. 2026
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If their introduction to winter sports was happenstance, their path to becoming world-class athletes was not.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
17 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Without care, these small appliances can become a fire hazard.—
Alexandra Kelly,
Martha Stewart,
7 Feb. 2026
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Be cautious of ice accumulating on power lines or tree branches, which can lead to snapping and falling hazards.—
Southern California Weather Report,
Daily News,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Forest carved out chances of their own — former Forest goalkeeper Karl Darlow made impressive saves to keep out Nico Dominguez, Igor Jesus, Morgan Gibbs-White, and, towards the end, Ibrahim Sangare.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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There is no efficient transport of material in-and-out of the core, and thus, most of the star’s interior never gets a chance to fuse simply because of its location.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Fortuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fortuity. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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