fortunately

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Recent Examples of fortunately Overcoming Juventus won’t be easy, but fortunately for PSV, captain Luuk de Jong is built for moments like this. Julia Ranney, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025 There was unsettling news on Friday afternoon as the storied Chiltern Firehouse in Marylebone was evacuated amid a blaze; fortunately no one was hurt, but the venue has been shuttered until further notice. Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2025 And fortunately, as designers have grappled with notions of masculinity in recent years, things have changed. Julian Randall, Essence, 25 Jan. 2025 The other type, the representation-level circuit breaker, is technically complex and is embedded inside the computational infrastructure of the AI – and, fortunately, tends to be harder to fool. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fortunately
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Adverb
  • But luckily, the gut-healthy practice of snuggling up with your pup is easy to incorporate.
    Ava Erickson, Outside Online, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The box seemed a little damaged, but luckily the loveseat was fully intact and unmarred.
    Zoë Sessums, Architectural Digest, 21 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • In Iceland thankfully [the prison system] is a hundred times better than in the U.S., where people lose the right to vote for instance.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Still like the defending champs, but this series just got good -- thankfully, relative to the Heat’s nightmare-in-progress.
    Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2025

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“Fortunately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fortunately. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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