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luckier

  • comparative
    of lucky.
    lucky
    adjective
    having or marked by good luck; fortunate.

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Electrical engineer Luca Linhsen is one of the luckier ones -- she took up a job as a software consultant in Hamburg this month.

From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026

Kang survived, which made him luckier than others.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

As McDermott said, “You control how hard you work, and the harder you work, the luckier you’re going to get.”

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 18, 2026

"But the most important thing is that all of us are safe. We are luckier than many other families."

From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025

Sometimes they had only time to exchange a sniff in the Park, but on luckier occasions—though these were very rare—they would have long talks at the gate.

From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers