fortune
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Suppose you are fortune enough to retire with the current maximum monthly Social Security benefit of $5,181 at age 70 and a $2 million Roth retirement account.
From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026
You could presumably use the fortune teller thing from “The Twilight Zone,” where you put a nickel in and a little slip of paper comes out.
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026
Reflecting on the fortuitous find, she said the fortune behind her discovery was not lost on her.
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026
Wharton’s relentless social climber, Undine Spragg, is named after the hair product that made her father his fortune.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
They had discovered a fiendish plot involving marrying Violet and stealing the Baudelaire fortune.
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
Vocabulary lists containing fortune
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 7
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act III
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