serendipity

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Recent Examples of serendipity Image Additional reading Jensen McRae and 10 More Artists to Watch The New York Times Audio app is home to journalism and storytelling, and provides news, depth and serendipity. Kate Lopresti, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025 But what happened next was a magical mix of serendipity and the kindness of strangers. Erin Clack, People.com, 31 Mar. 2025 The serendipity of Redick’s comments was cemented when Beal did not return for the second half because of a hamstring injury. Joe Vardon, The Athletic, 17 Mar. 2025 But in a wonderful bit of cosmic serendipity, the moon is also 400 times closer to us, which results in the solar and lunar disks appearing to be exactly the same size in our sky, making for a perfect fit, with only the sun’s corona—or fires—flaring out from behind the moon during totality. Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for serendipity
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Noun
  • His luck changed into Turn 1 as pole-sitter Verstappen and Norris went wheel-to-wheel, with the latter dropping back four places after being run off the track by his rival.
    Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
  • That’s not to say speculators are necessarily out of luck, though the options are not without controversy.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 4 May 2025
Noun
  • This is no coincidence, as AI is fundamentally reshaping the future of operational and financial operations.
    Omar Choucair, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
  • Is that a coincidence, or are those two things connected?
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 16 May 2025

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“Serendipity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serendipity. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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