serendipity

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The faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident.

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The fact or occurrence of such discoveries.

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An instance of making such a discovery.

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The happy faculty, or luck, of finding, by “accidental sagacity,” interesting items of information or unexpected proofs of one’s theories; discovery of things unsought: a factitious word humorously invented by Horace Walpole.

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An unsought, unintended, and/or unexpected discovery and/or learning experience that happens by accident and sagacity.

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A combination of events which are not individually beneficial, but occurring together produce a good or wonderful outcome.

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good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries