serendipity
Example Sentences
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In an act of serendipity, he's lived here in a previous incarnation - this was also the home of Poldark, his breakthrough role.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
The U.S. became an energy superpower through serendipity and policy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Yes, that’s why I like the word serendipity.
From Slate • Mar. 2, 2026
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
“Robert's sextet is now impossible to buy. You encounter his music only by serendipity in vicarages in July afternoons. This is your one chance in your life. You can work this gramophone?”
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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