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unexpected

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This is what we want in retirement, to launch on adventures that we expect will reward us with the unexpected—then come home to a fresh look at the familiar.

But whether it is an unexpected jump in claims costs or lower premiums that are the instigator, the upshot is that auto-insurance underwriting might now be past its peak profitability.

Still, the report said, “these examples highlight that unexpected losses could arise from opaque off-balance-sheet funding arrangements that may be used by certain privately held firms.”

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Some vintage fashion can also yield unexpected dividends.

Opera’s invaluable source for progressive and unexpected new work, tends to go in for blatant amplification.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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