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fortuitously

ADJECTIVE
accidentally
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Surgeons Alan Goldman and Martin Elliott were among those searching for answers when they met in a break room at the hospital where, fortuitously, a Formula One race was on the television.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

It wasn’t true, but fortuitously, Paul had been wanting to make a documentary, and he approached Emma Koskoff, who would become my producer.

From Salon • May 23, 2025

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

From BBC • May 4, 2025

Voraphaychith also included the Lao goddess Nang Kwak in the background of the Ghost Village label — fortuitously even before, he says, he learned she is the deity of rice.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2024

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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