serendipity
Example Sentences
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When you’re just another tourist following a well-trodden itinerary, serendipity is rare, but the Georgian hinterland seems to regularly yield chance happenings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
And they’re the product not of planning, but serendipity, a crucial feature of scientific progress.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2025
A few years later, Henson and his wife, Gayle, opened a dude ranch in Santa Barbara County called, in a stroke of eventual marketing serendipity, Hidden Valley Ranch.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2025
"It's pure serendipity that 2024 became the year these films were released, igniting conversations together."
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2024
It was serendipity that called her in the countdown to John Glenn’s flight.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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