as in aura
a special quality or impression associated with something
as the site of a string of failed businesses, the building definitely had bad karma
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Recent Examples of karma
So that good karma should be paying off.
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Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025
The lay community provides for monks and temples, in exchange for the spiritual currency of merit, which is believed to turn into good karma.
—Brooke Schedneck, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2025
Days later, Matthew Knowles told TMZ that karma would be coming Ye’s way for attacking his grandchildren.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2025
Karma revolves around a fateful accident, which intertwines six lives in a tale of karma and crime, where each must face their own dark truths and connections.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2025
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Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025
The lay community provides for monks and temples, in exchange for the spiritual currency of merit, which is believed to turn into good karma.
—Brooke Schedneck, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2025
Days later, Matthew Knowles told TMZ that karma would be coming Ye’s way for attacking his grandchildren.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2025
Karma revolves around a fateful accident, which intertwines six lives in a tale of karma and crime, where each must face their own dark truths and connections.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for karma
Noun
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Masaryk remains one of the country’s most revered historical figures and his legacy is cloaked in an almost mythical aura of admiration.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
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Lacob expects everything to reflect a championship pedigree, and the Valkyries work with that Warriors’ aura hovering over them.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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The atmosphere was celebratory, with Kirk tossing hats into the crowd before diving into questions.—
Amanda Castro
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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This breathtaking image from James Sinclair gives us a detailed view of a section of the sun's atmosphere known as the chromosphere — a chaotic region where hydrogen and helium plasma is molded and reshaped by our star's ever-shifting magnetic field.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Karma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/karma. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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