Translation of serendipity – English–Portuguese dictionary
casualidade, feliz acaso
(Translation of serendipity from the Cambridge English-Portuguese Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of serendipity
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They also clearly underline the value of communication and collaboration with your colleagues and of course, the role of serendipity.
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Such measures might involve a combination of capital uplifts to encourage more wildcat exploration wells, or even "serendipity" appraisal wells.
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This paper therefore is a typical piece of archaeological serendipity, and does not result from a research design, or sustained programme of investigation on iron age food consumption.
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Part of this process is serendipity: allowing for chance finds, and accepting that what is found is not necessarily what was being looked for.
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There is a real element of serendipity in archaeology.
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This occurs through understanding of the basic mechanisms of drug response, serendipity or systematic genome-wide screening.
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The proposals also rely on the serendipity of nothing going wrong.
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However, as it is now, we often only hear about the implementation or impact of research by serendipity and not by systematic effort (3).
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