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 ticket was sold at the Diamond Oil gas station on Southwest 91st Avenue, the Florida Lottery wrote on its website and in a news release.
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Simone Jasper, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
And my glass-half-full take is that, lucky for us, Americans are really good at reinvention.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Even if the global economy does avoid a recession, the U.S. may not be as lucky, Kasman said.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2025
Four Atletico players were booked by half-time, with Simeone — wearing his ‘lucky’ Copa del Rey tracksuit instead of his usual all-black suit — also talking his way into referee Jose Luis Munuera Montero’s book.
—Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
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Simone Jasper, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
And my glass-half-full take is that, lucky for us, Americans are really good at reinvention.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Even if the global economy does avoid a recession, the U.S. may not be as lucky, Kasman said.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2025
Four Atletico players were booked by half-time, with Simeone — wearing his ‘lucky’ Copa del Rey tracksuit instead of his usual all-black suit — also talking his way into referee Jose Luis Munuera Montero’s book.
—Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Lucky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lucky. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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