fortunately

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Recent Examples of fortunately As for concerned mothers, there are fortunately simple changes that can ease any concerns. — New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2026 And Italian identity is still — fortunately — synonymous with hospitality, dialogue and exchange, which are the conditions for cultivating intuitions, visions and innovations. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026 Shapiro was fortunately able to get a refund on Ticketmaster for the two unused tickets. — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2026 Initially, the series was set in London, but fortunately, this was abandoned in favor of an imaginary city, Faybridge, where magicians and non-magicians unknowingly coexist. — Kevin Giraud, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fortunately
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fortunately
Adverb
  • That’s bad enough, but the agent also launched with a zero-day vulnerability that, luckily, has been patched.
    — Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026
  • That’s no faint praise, and luckily Hotel Usona lives up to the hype.
    — David Harris, SPIN, 28 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • By the time the ceremony began, the skies had thankfully cleared.
    — Alexandra Macon, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Even those exceptionally well-suited to slipping past the defences, like the rubella virus, are thankfully now rare in modern society thanks to vaccination programs.
    — Mike McRae September 24, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026

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“Fortunately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fortunately. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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