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type n
lex_filenum 11
def a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
examples the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line
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Hypernym happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
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Hyponym happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event

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