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serendipity

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


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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

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

This was serendipity itself; with the fall of the Nationalists, other Chinese students had become as illegitimate as he.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen




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