as in uncertainty
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Noun
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Industry executives have stayed bullish even as the Trump administration announced a slew of economic and regulatory policy shifts that fueled uncertainty.—
Manya Saini and Niket Nishant,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025 -
Our analysis also makes some other conservative assumptions given the policy’s uncertainty.—
Emily Badger,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The new approach combines a little knowledge of the bookshelf’s past contents with the surprising power of randomness.—
Steve Nadis,
WIRED,
16 Feb. 2025
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The expansion of the postseason to 12 teams in 2022 only enhanced the potential for randomness in October.—
Ken Rosenthal,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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But after a while, realizing that in-person services remained a long way off, the group resumed meeting online, playing recordings of communal singing to which members could add their voices and sharing songs in advance to compensate for the loss of fortuity.—
Philissa Cramer,
sun-sentinel.com,
16 Sep. 2020
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Uncovering a Speedster with a little over 13,000 miles on the odometer in an estate sale is automotive fortuity.—
Austin Irwin,
Car and Driver,
13 Sep. 2021
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Just months later, in February 2024, Goldman spoke again to PEOPLE about how a car accident almost left Josephine without a dad.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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The fact that such different sets of circumstances led to very different kinds of accidents, should provide some reassurance to the flying public, with no connective tissue linking one accident to another.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Though the circumstances were different, the underlying issue—expecting one person to handle the burden without full agreement—chimes with the OP's dilemma.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
9 Feb. 2025
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The circumstances around this match were different.—
Mario Cortegana,
The Athletic,
9 Feb. 2025
Noun
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If a project fails, the bondholders are simply out of luck.—
Jonathan Shorman and,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2025
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The Taco Stop's buzzing Midtown Fort Collins dining room is a far cry from the restaurant's roots, which took hold more than a decade ago after owners Cesar Lopez and Berenice Longoria tried their luck selling steak street tacos to late-night crowds out of their no-frills food cart.—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Having a cobot lift boxes instead of an employee, for example, saves his company hazard and injury situations that can be more costly than a cobot.—
Myesha Johnson The Detroit News (TNS),
arkansasonline.com,
9 Feb. 2025
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Crime, courts and policing Immigration crackdown could deter workers from reporting hazards, advocates warn.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2025
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By happenstance, Carver County Community Development (CDA) approached the then-nascent board of Beyond New Beginnings with an offer.—
Graham P. Johnson,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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But that mix of styles established its own happenstance logic over time.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2025
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