serendipity
Example Sentences
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New ideas spring, as if by serendipity, from individuals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025
The two messaged back and forth about the serendipity of it all, and needless to say, “the date went really well,” Derraugh said, smiling shyly.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025
"It's pure serendipity that 2024 became the year these films were released, igniting conversations together."
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2024
This dish came about more by happenstance than planning, but I’m deeply grateful for that serendipity.
From Salon • Dec. 9, 2024
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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