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serendipity
noun
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The occurrence of a valuable or pleasing discovery by chance.
Finding the missing illustration inside an unrelated volume was serendipity.
Dictionary practice example.
While visiting a materials reuse shop, an exhibition designer had a fortuitous meeting with a retired stage builder. Their conversation led to a cabinet of discarded sketches that suited her new project. She called the discovery serendipity because she had been looking for shelves, not drawings.
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