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often capitalized
: the force generated by a person's actions held in Hinduism and Buddhism to perpetuate transmigration and in its ethical consequences to determine the nature of the person's next existence
Each individual is born with karma, the residual from past lives that must be resolved …—
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broadly
: such a force considered as affecting the events of one's life
Claude says, "You reap what you sow." I call this idea karma, that what goes around comes around. —Anthony Walton
Anthony Walton I figured I needed all the good karma I could get if I was serious about winning Noah's heart. —Robin Palmer
Robin Palmer Examples of karma in a Sentence
She believes that helping people produces good karma.
as the site of a string of failed businesses, the building definitely had bad karma
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The Yankees watched Judge play the game of his life Tuesday night, blasting one of the most dramatic home runs before one of the most emotional crowds in recent postseason memory and then carried none of that feel-good karma into Game 4.
—Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
The concepts of karma, dharma, and the eternal dance between fate and choice are deeply embedded in Indian culture.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
Some activists read from the Bhagavad Gita, a Hindu text which describes the roots of the Ashvattha, a sacred tree, as bound to human actions and karma.
—Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
Concepts like zero, karma, ahimsa, non-duality, and moksha shaped not just her identity but how the world understands selfhood, suffering, time, and truth.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
The concepts of karma, dharma, and the eternal dance between fate and choice are deeply embedded in Indian culture.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
Some activists read from the Bhagavad Gita, a Hindu text which describes the roots of the Ashvattha, a sacred tree, as bound to human actions and karma.
—Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
Concepts like zero, karma, ahimsa, non-duality, and moksha shaped not just her identity but how the world understands selfhood, suffering, time, and truth.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for karma
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“Karma.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/karma. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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