fortuitous

Example Sentences

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Apple’s pocket music player largely owed its existence to one fortuitous meeting Apple executives had with the maker of a tiny hard drive that didn’t seem to have any practical application.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

This purchase was especially fortuitous as the facility was in an area already zoned to permit a medical clinic.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026

Northampton's eighth try was more fortuitous than well-crafted, with Smith the happy recipient following a pass from Anthony Belleau that rebounded off the head of JJ van der Mescht.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026

To her, it’s fortuitous timing so many milestones have occurred in the past 12 months.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

I am beginning to suspect that nothing that happens is fortuitous, that it all corresponds to a fate laid down before my birth, and that Esteban Garcia is part of the design.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende