fortuity

He has managed those so far - but he would not have anticipated reaching the semi-finals with such a heavy reliance on fortuity.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026

“And the individual’s ability to seek redress for a wrongful prosecution cannot reasonably turn on the fortuity of whether the prosecutor or court happened to explain why the charges were dismissed.”

From Washington Post ● Apr. 4, 2022

Illinois turned once more to its ground game — with a dash of fortuity reminiscent of the Oakland Raiders’ infamous ‘Holy Roller’ play — to take its only lead of the game.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 18, 2021

In short, the scope of 1001 would be limited by the fortuity of the paperwork flow of the investigative agency.

From Slate ● May 7, 2020

Nor is the theory of derivation particularly exposed to the charge of the atheism of fortuity; since it undertakes to assign real causes for harmonious and systematic results.

From Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism by Asa Gray

It was a midtempo ballad about a string of fortuities — a sudden rain shower, a stoplight avoided, a left turn taken — that led to a couple’s meeting in a bar.

From New York Times ● May 24, 2013

John Franklin Enders, 63, got interested in the viruses of polio and measles as the result of a series of fortunate fortuities.

From Time Magazine Archive

Just before a Senate adjournment: The moving finger writes, and the fortuities of politics will probably result in change of some faces when we return in January .

From Time Magazine Archive

For that state,—that command—depends on that which 'changes,'— fortuities, impressions, nay, it has the principle of revolution within it.

From The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Delia Bacon

His real reason was that he wished to stop at Lower Merritt and experience whatever fortuities might happen to him from doing so.

From A Pair of Patient Lovers by William Dean Howells