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serendipity

[ser-uhn-dip-i-tee] / ˌsɛr ənˈdɪp ɪ ti /


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America’s system of pharmaceutical regulation treats generic-drug repurposing as serendipity rather than strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Yes, that’s why I like the word serendipity.

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2026

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

After all, it’s not the outlandishness of its conclusions that makes something a pseudoscience: lucky guesses, serendipity, bizarre hypotheses, and even an initial gullibility all play a role in science as well.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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