vicissitude

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Recent Examples of vicissitude The vicissitudes of a placid adulthood: a dinner that tastes good, but not great; a film that entertains but doesn’t transport. Hazlitt, 4 May 2022 During the past 20 years, the newsroom has been hit with pay cuts, layoffs and furloughs on an almost yearly basis as the company attempts to respond to both the economy and the vicissitudes of an industry in constant flux. John D'anna, azcentral, 19 May 2020 People who pay attention to the vicissitudes of Tesla CEO Elon Musk know that the man is not always serious on Twitter. Aarian Marshall, Wired, 10 May 2020 This last element—a form of legal financing called third-party litigation funding—proliferated during the 2008 recession, in part because lawsuits are somewhat insulated from the vicissitudes of the market. Francesca Mari, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2020 See All Example Sentences for vicissitude
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Noun
  • None of the hikers were injured as a result of the ordeal, according to the sheriff’s department.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • And though the legal process has been a huge ordeal, Cahall’s nowhere near giving up the good fight.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Regardless of West Virginia’s record, TCU can’t overlook the Mountaineers, especially when the final four games of the season appear to be a gauntlet.
    Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2025
  • While Mahomes has managed to stay upright without Simmons, Kansas City's next few games are a gauntlet.
    Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Mistakes, misfortunes, even tragedy, toxic secrets from the past—anything can happen, or may have happened.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Sacramento Kings general manager Scott Perry and coach Doug Christie are trying to pick up the pieces after a season of chaos caused their predecessors to lose their jobs, but so far fate and misfortune seem to be conspiring against them.
    Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In August, global food security experts said that parts of Gaza were experiencing famine and that severe hunger and privation were widespread there.
    New York Times, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • At seventy, Padura is a voice of a generation that endured a long war in Angola and the privations that followed the Soviet collapse.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Vicissitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vicissitude. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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