fortune
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Hui was once Asia's richest person with a fortune estimated at $42.5bn in 2017, according to a list of the continent's wealthiest people compiled by Forbes.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
The release could signal a turn of fortune for the company following the underwhelming debut of its last open-source model, Llama 4, in April 2025.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
California’s wolves are steadily increasing, a stunning turn of fortune for the apex predators who were wiped out by hunters and trappers about a century ago.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
Call it what you will: chances, providence, fluke, good fortune.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
That was the path he had chosen: to die to all who knew him, and to all he knew—his devoted wife, his bumbling, nearsighted son, his palatial home, his vast fortune.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing fortune
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 7
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act III
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