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
But rather than trusting serendipity to strike in his blog’s comment section, Gowers wanted to channel public energy in a focused way.
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Quanta Magazine,
8 June 2026
That means serendipity now has to be scheduled.
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Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
Silicon Valley worked for this reason, and New York’s concentration of capital, ambition, and adjacent industries similarly came together in a way that sparked cohesion and serendipity.
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Patrick Chun,
Fortune,
26 May 2026
However, there is always a certain amount of serendipity in sports, especially at moments like this.
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Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
26 May 2026
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Quanta Magazine,
8 June 2026
That means serendipity now has to be scheduled.
—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
Silicon Valley worked for this reason, and New York’s concentration of capital, ambition, and adjacent industries similarly came together in a way that sparked cohesion and serendipity.
—
Patrick Chun,
Fortune,
26 May 2026
However, there is always a certain amount of serendipity in sports, especially at moments like this.
—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
26 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for serendipity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for serendipity
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The group of death in the 2002 World Cup qualifiers wasn’t enough, because in Egypt’s next attempt to reach the finals in 2006, their luck put them in a group with Didier Drogba’s Ivory Coast and Samuel Eto’o’s Cameroon.
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In retrospect, the result looks less like luck than like a compounding advantage.
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This year's festival just happens to land exactly on the Fourth of July, a coincidence Patti Mangan, the executive director of the Fillmore Merchants Association, believed was a blessing.
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Speaking of dogs, Rikke has one, and Park shares that the casting of this dog was a lucky coincidence.
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“Serendipity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serendipity. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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