karma

noun

ˈkär-mə How to pronounce karma (audio)
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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 Some observe a Buddhist diet and begin the holiday with a vegan dish to bring good karma for the coming year. — Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 14 Jan. 2023 Can a business bring good or bad karma to its organization? — Darick Spears, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2022 When a small-town con artist joins the local mafia with his manipulative brother, his obsession with balancing his karma gets hilariously brutal. — Travis Bean, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022 Saul Goodman certainly has plenty of bad karma to go around. — Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 See All Example Sentences for karma

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