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
But the letter was also deeply personal, reflecting on his 64-year friendship with the late Charlie Munger and the serendipity of his life in Nebraska.
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Dave Smith, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2025
This week, Chicago schools are closed for Fall Break, and perhaps that’s serendipity for all involved.
—Essence, 26 Nov. 2025
Does all this rely on serendipity?
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
When the Sun moves through those signs, your travel serendipity theoretically increases and the travels often feel more fated.
—Colin Bedell, Them., 17 Nov. 2025
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Dave Smith, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2025
This week, Chicago schools are closed for Fall Break, and perhaps that’s serendipity for all involved.
—Essence, 26 Nov. 2025
Does all this rely on serendipity?
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
When the Sun moves through those signs, your travel serendipity theoretically increases and the travels often feel more fated.
—Colin Bedell, Them., 17 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for serendipity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for serendipity
Noun
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In the ad, marking the 48th Super Bowl commercial appearance by Budweiser Clydesdales, a down-on-its-luck eaglet befriends a Clydesdale foal.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
26 Jan. 2026
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And, with any luck, another egg or two may arrive in the coming days.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2026
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The movie’s vision is one of arrangements and connections, stylistic and textural clashes of hulking buildings, stark forms seen in distant vistas, sublime coincidences of collective energy thrumming from generation to generation in the simultaneity of the physical city’s chronological strata.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Feb. 2026
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Seems somewhat of a coincidence.—
Melanie Anzidei,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Serendipity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serendipity. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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