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fortuitously

ADJECTIVE
accidentally
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She fortuitously decided to come to Ipswich this weekend, as part of her travels around the UK.

From BBC • May 4, 2025

Ohtani’s shoulder procedure was fortuitously to his non-throwing arm, and isn’t expected to have any “big-picture” impact on his ability to pitch next year, according to general manager Brandon Gomes.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2024

He programmed elevators, tended bar and, fortuitously, got a job at a juice bar in a Quito park.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2024

The wispy, glowing “engagement ring” wrapped around the cluster’s center is actually a set of amplified, warped and multiplied apparitions of a fortuitously aligned, far-distant background galaxy.

From Scientific American • Oct. 11, 2023

Just that morning, fortuitously, Lina’s baby had gained enough weight to leave the incubator.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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