as in aura
a special quality or impression associated with something
as the site of a string of failed businesses, the building definitely had bad karma
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Recent Examples of karma
And speaking of Travis, Ice Spice was also by Taylor’s side for the past two Super Bowls because karma is the guy on the Chiefs.
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Tom Smyth, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
Letting go of objects with gratitude delivers good karma as Venus and Jupiter align.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
So that good karma should be paying off.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025
The lay community provides for monks and temples, in exchange for the spiritual currency of merit, which is believed to turn into good karma.
—Brooke Schedneck, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2025
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Tom Smyth, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
Letting go of objects with gratitude delivers good karma as Venus and Jupiter align.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
So that good karma should be paying off.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025
The lay community provides for monks and temples, in exchange for the spiritual currency of merit, which is believed to turn into good karma.
—Brooke Schedneck, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for karma
Recent Examples of Synonyms for karma
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The most gifted preachers transformed that aura into spiritual empires, drawing thousands to megachurches, filling television airwaves and sometimes amassing personal fortunes.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
30 Oct. 2025
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Since then, the college aura — the open practices, the packed stands, and the small-town camp atmosphere — has become an iconic, recurring part of the Bills' season build-up.—
Rowan Fisher-Shotton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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The Bachelor will always find a wife in six weeks, Kim and Khloe will always make up, and Chrishell and crew will always wear inappropriate outfits in a professional atmosphere.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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Strong winds also are expected to lash the West Coast as an atmospheric river (a corridor of concentrated moisture in the atmosphere, sometimes called a tropical plume) arrives on Friday.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Karma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/karma. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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