1
as in happy
having good luck
the lucky contestant finished the game show with $10,000
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2
as in fortunate
coming or happening by good luck especially unexpectedly
finding this $20 bill on the way to the store was a lucky break
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Recent Examples of lucky
The lucky player beat odds of 1 in 324,632 to snag the historic prize.
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Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
Though the bright orange shoes were long gone, Patel wore a familiar religious pendant around his neck — his lucky charm, which Sanan recognized.
—Alysha Bibi, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
The problem for historians is twofold: On the one hand, celebrities, artists, executives, and social-movement leaders are generating more personal records than ever, meaning a lucky researcher might have access to a public figure’s entire hard drive but struggle to interpret its contents.
—Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 4 June 2025
Sparks have flown and hearts have been broken throughout six seasons, but a few lucky pairs have turned their summer fling into lasting love.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 3 June 2025
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Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
Though the bright orange shoes were long gone, Patel wore a familiar religious pendant around his neck — his lucky charm, which Sanan recognized.
—Alysha Bibi, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
The problem for historians is twofold: On the one hand, celebrities, artists, executives, and social-movement leaders are generating more personal records than ever, meaning a lucky researcher might have access to a public figure’s entire hard drive but struggle to interpret its contents.
—Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 4 June 2025
Sparks have flown and hearts have been broken throughout six seasons, but a few lucky pairs have turned their summer fling into lasting love.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lucky
Adjective
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When a match goes really well — i.e. when the couple gets engaged, the ballyhooed happy ending of all romances, naturally — a bar cart is rolled out and all the young matchmakers gather around each other and cheer for their good fortune, and for the seeming success of love itself.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
9 June 2025
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What if starlets like Spears were not happy collaborators in a patriarchal order but scapegoats who had been exploited for profit, pushed to the brink by an insatiable audience, and forced to bear the misogynistic projections of an entire country?—
Dayna Tortorici,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
Adjective
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Kendall Jenner may be able to afford $890 flip-flops, but most of us are not so fortunate.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
7 June 2025
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Illinois is fortunate to have many outstanding public schools, from suburban standouts like New Trier to top-tier magnets like Walter Payton College Prep.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
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“Lucky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lucky. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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