fortunate
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Your son is fortunate to have such kind family members.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
Elizabeth Strout’s 11th novel centers on Artie Dam, a high-school history teacher in Massachusetts, whose fortunate home life and warm relationship with his students doesn’t prevent him from confronting a crisis of meaning.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
But a few charters with less clear-cut cases were not so fortunate.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
How fortunate we are that chronicling and exploding our absurd reality is writer-director Boots Riley’s whole thing.
From Salon • May 22, 2026
“I am always less fortunate than Robert. Has he been imparting tender confidences?”
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
Vocabulary lists containing fortunate
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