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fortune

[fawr-chuhn] / ˈfɔr tʃən /




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The firm, which has offices in India and the United States, lists Fortune 500 multinationals as clients.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Pulte’s grandfather, at one point one of the wealthiest men in the world, built a Fortune 500 company and gave tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars to charity before his 2018 death.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Other major Fortune 500 companies that left California included Oracle, Charles Schwab and Chevron.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

In Kim Eunho’s 1927 ink and color painting on silk, “Woman Reading the Fortune of the Day,” a hostess in traditional hanbok dress whiles away her break with gaming tiles as a cigarette smolders nearby.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

On the contrary, it is completely subject to Fortune, not having the virtue that defends it faithfully in adverse times.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli




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