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
That dose of serendipity was enough to prompt a classmate and me to take the two buses that were required to reach Memorial Stadium.
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Raymond Daniel Burke, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2026
The men were part of Mazel Tofu, a collective of Jewish Mandarin speakers that formed two years ago through an only-in-New York tale of serendipity and Jewish geography.
—Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026
Magic and serendipity, however, always seem to be in the mix.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2026
There’s a lot of serendipity and people bumping into one another.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2026
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Raymond Daniel Burke, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2026
The men were part of Mazel Tofu, a collective of Jewish Mandarin speakers that formed two years ago through an only-in-New York tale of serendipity and Jewish geography.
—Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026
Magic and serendipity, however, always seem to be in the mix.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2026
There’s a lot of serendipity and people bumping into one another.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for serendipity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for serendipity
Noun
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This was another fates-or-hobgoblins turn of events, but many Americans took that profound luck as their rightful due.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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In a heartbreaking 2-1 loss, the Lightning outplayed the Canadiens in every way except puck luck.—
Eduardo A. Encina,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 May 2026
Noun
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The wildfires, the droughts, the water shortages hitting CA-48 right now are not coincidences.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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But Jones, who says the pose came about organically, and others agreed the similarities were likely a coincidence.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
7 May 2026
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“Serendipity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serendipity. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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