fortunately

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The rest of the team did not acknowledge him and I was seething, but fortunately I decided to wait before dealing with him.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

And fortunately for their self-esteem, investors are increasingly likely to buy and sell exchange-traded funds tracking whole sectors rather than individual stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

Fascist regimes of the last century were much shorter-lived, fortunately.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

That building was destroyed by bombings during World War II, but fortunately the collection’s most important works, including the Bellini, had been stored elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

Farmer had gotten up at once and attended to a middle-aged man who thought he was having a heart attack but fortunately wasn’t.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French