as in luck
literary
the unexpected occurrence of or faculty for finding valuable or agreeable things that are not sought
They found each other by pure serendipity.
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Recent Examples of serendipity
The lesson is that corporations should embrace serendipity, allowing ideas to flourish from unexpected places, even if these ideas initially seem too risky or unaligned with the company’s core strategy.
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Pierrick Bouffaron, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
For Beasley, this opportunity to partner with the NFL came with a bit of serendipity, to say the least.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 31 Jan. 2025
But as serendipity would have it, the cosmic rock in question may have literally been a hunk of the moon, according to a new study.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
There was a whole lot of serendipity involved in this particular discovery, says Brian Welch, an astronomer at the University of Maryland/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, who was part of the team that spotted the distant star in 2022 using the Hubble telescope.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2025
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Pierrick Bouffaron, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
For Beasley, this opportunity to partner with the NFL came with a bit of serendipity, to say the least.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 31 Jan. 2025
But as serendipity would have it, the cosmic rock in question may have literally been a hunk of the moon, according to a new study.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
There was a whole lot of serendipity involved in this particular discovery, says Brian Welch, an astronomer at the University of Maryland/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, who was part of the team that spotted the distant star in 2022 using the Hubble telescope.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for serendipity
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“Serendipity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serendipity. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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