as in luck
literary
the unexpected occurrence of or faculty for finding valuable or agreeable things that are not sought
They found each other by pure serendipity.
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Recent Examples of serendipity
With iconic performances by Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan, the film has become a holiday favorite for its warmth, charm, and timeless exploration of love, friendship, and how serendipity sometimes brings the unlikeliest of people together.
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Lauryn Higgins, Parents, 22 Dec. 2025
But the letter was also deeply personal, reflecting on his 64-year friendship with the late Charlie Munger and the serendipity of his life in Nebraska.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2025
This week, Chicago schools are closed for Fall Break, and perhaps that’s serendipity for all involved.
—Essence, 26 Nov. 2025
Does all this rely on serendipity?
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
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Lauryn Higgins, Parents, 22 Dec. 2025
But the letter was also deeply personal, reflecting on his 64-year friendship with the late Charlie Munger and the serendipity of his life in Nebraska.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2025
This week, Chicago schools are closed for Fall Break, and perhaps that’s serendipity for all involved.
—Essence, 26 Nov. 2025
Does all this rely on serendipity?
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for serendipity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for serendipity
Noun
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Many would give the shirt off their back to have your luck in men.—
Jon Wertheim,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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In the first five minutes, Leeds had several moments of threat down their left side, with Abbott actually doing well — albeit armed with a big chunk of luck — to deflect a Gabriel Gudmundsson cross over his own bar.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The movie’s vision is one of arrangements and connections, stylistic and textural clashes of hulking buildings, stark forms seen in distant vistas, sublime coincidences of collective energy thrumming from generation to generation in the simultaneity of the physical city’s chronological strata.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Feb. 2026
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Seems somewhat of a coincidence.—
Melanie Anzidei,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Serendipity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serendipity. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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