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serendipity

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


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All I can say is if I never knew the meaning of the word serendipity, I sure know it now.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

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

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2026

New ideas spring, as if by serendipity, from individuals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 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 was serendipity that called her in the countdown to John Glenn’s flight.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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