fortuitousness

noun

Definition of fortuitousnessnext
as in uncertainty

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  1. uncertainty
  2. randomness
  3. fortuity
  4. accident
  5. circumstance
  6. luck
  7. hazard
  8. happenstance
Noun
  • This difference, which cannot easily be explained by random errors or uncertainties, is the Hubble tension.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • So could uncertainty regarding the future of Lebanon and Syria.
    Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of uncertainty
Noun
  • Firms can take one of these three approaches: (1) Allow randomness to persist.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Two centuries later, Lagrange’s approach provided Feynman with a more flexible framework that could accommodate the radical randomness of quantum mechanics.
    Charlie Wood, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of randomness
Noun
  • But after a while, realizing that in-person services remained a long way off, the group resumed meeting online, playing recordings of communal singing to which members could add their voices and sharing songs in advance to compensate for the loss of fortuity.
    Philissa Cramer, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Sep. 2020
  • Uncovering a Speedster with a little over 13,000 miles on the odometer in an estate sale is automotive fortuity.
    Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 13 Sep. 2021
Definition of fortuity
Noun
  • Meanwhile, investigators have not yet identified the direct cause of the massive fire at Notre Dame in April 2019, though many believe the blaze was ignited by accident.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
  • President-elect Donald Trump’s surgeon general nominee was involved in a tragic gun accident as a teenager that killed her father.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of accident
Noun
  • There is a handy lesson there that applies to this circumstance.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The circumstances of the shooter's death weren't immediately clear, though Barnes noted that police did not fire their weapons.
    KC Baker, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of circumstance
Noun
  • That’s pretty darn incredible, and with luck, the ease and processes around buying and selling will only continue to improve.
    Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The Supreme Court could also decide not to review the case, in which case TikTok may be out of luck, according to Gautam Hans, associate director of the First Amendment Clinic and professor at Cornell Law School.
    Clare Duffy, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of luck
Noun
  • These tools ensure rapid delivery of vital information, help prioritize aid and alert the public to hazards and resources.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The Occupational Health and Safety Administration proposed fines totaling $100,000 in 2023 citing conditions that exposed workers to ergonomic hazards.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of hazard
Noun
  • While Cullen was testifying, his former boss, Madigan, was by happenstance appearing in a courtroom five floors below, where U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey was holding a final pretrial conference in the case against Madigan and McClain, which begins with jury selection on Oct. 8..
    Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 16 Sep. 2024
  • This wasn’t by happenstance; it was made possible through rezoning by city leaders and on the coattails of a crackdown on local gangs and a long-term, $1.4-billion river revitalization project.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of happenstance
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