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serendipity
[ser′əndip′itē]
Etymology: Serendip, author Horace Walpole's mythic land of pleasant surprises
the act of accidental discovery. A number of important medications have been created through serendipity, such as the discovery of antidepressant activity in iproniazid, which was originally developed to treat tuberculosis.
serendipity
happy finding of an unexpected object or solution while searching for something else.
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The next day in the office, I serendipitously received a bottle of Tyku, which I put on ice and sipped from a plastic cup.
Tyku Sake by Shepherd, Julianne Escobedo / The Fader
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With its gloriously free-wheeling cinematography, pungent improvised dialogue, distinctive ambient sound and dramatic scenes that appear to have been serendipitously discovered by Burnett's camera, this is a hidden gem that sparkles in the light.
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