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fortuitous

[fawr-too-i-tuhs, -tyoo-] / fɔrˈtu ɪ təs, -ˈtyu- /


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But now they are now clued in to their fortuitous timing.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

But what would have been a fortuitous goal was chalked off because the ball was deemed to have hit his elbow, which was tight to his body.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

Sometimes, a swerving behind can be a fortuitous red flag, signaling hidden spinal defects before expensive MRIs are required.

From Slate • Feb. 22, 2026

“What’s fortuitous is that our own analysis, I think the Navy’s own analysis, we’re all kind of leaning in a direction that aligns with the president’s intuition,” Clark said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

It was 1895, a fortuitous moment when physicists were pondering a host of strange new physical forces manifested in their apparatuses.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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