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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

Still, as a state employee and a patron of one of Syria’s six state-owned banks, Elias was luckier than many others.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2025

Francie was luckier than most children of the neighborhood.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith