serendipity
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Schiller’s reporting methods rely, to some extent, on serendipity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
The U.S. became an energy superpower through serendipity and policy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
Catastrophe and fear of the unknown sell better than optimism and serendipity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
Yes, that’s why I like the word serendipity.
From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2026
Instead, holding that tiny warm body, she had felt a conscious serendipity, a sense that this may not have been planned but had become, the minute it happened, what was meant to be.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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The serendipities of age keep improving his designs.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2022
It felt, especially to the grandiose kid that was me at the time, like one of those sublime serendipities in which big cities, with all their complexity and potential, specialize.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 4, 2016
The goal is to create strategic conversations, connecting people and creating serendipities.
From Forbes ● Dec. 5, 2014
"What a long strange trip it's been," from the 1970 Grateful Dead hit "Truckin'," has become a widely used description of life's serendipities.
From Reuters ● Sep. 16, 2013
Still, there are intriguing serendipities, such as the large amount of standout work in black-and-white or near-monochromatic palettes.
From Washington Post
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