fortunately
Example Sentences
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Maybe life as a sheep isn’t so bad after all—a conclusion that Felix, fortunately, has arrived at first.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The courts, fortunately, are seeing through this strategy.
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026
"This whole area was a pond - it was deep enough to take a motorboat fortunately," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Perhaps fortunately, the pandemic forced the entire G7 event to be canceled in 2020.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
But fortunately, the commercial tells us, we workers can exert the same kind of authority over our painkillers that our bosses exert over us.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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