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Discover LudwigThe phrase "accidental success" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where someone achieves success unintentionally or without planning for it.
Example: "The project was a complete mess, but somehow it turned into an accidental success, attracting more customers than we ever anticipated."
Alternatives: "unintentional success" or "serendipitous success".
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Stax Records was an almost accidental success.
Perhaps it's the ongoing aftershock of his accidental success.
Kagan became a victim of his own almost accidental success.
It's a clear yet subtle tribute to his life as an independent filmmaker, as an accidental success.
Its greatest if perhaps accidental success is to present Denmark as a surrogate for Britain's own socio-political muddles.
Then there's mine, which is a work in progress of weeds, a wild orchard, roses, camellias and accidental success with fruit bushes, broccoli and runner beans.
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Its curatorial choices suggest an interest in accidental successes, ordinary people becoming online stars, but then what is "Gangnam Style" doing there?
Once we accept that economic progress is largely a matter of trial and error, with accidental successes catching on and bad ideas failing really fast, the financial crisis itself looks very different.
Many of these accidental successes had an "oh shit" moment where it seemed like everything was going to fall apart, they had to come up with a way to transition (I hate the word "pivot" –its very February, 2011) and then they figured out a way to flourish and get over the hump.
Michael Stipe reminisces about the accidental global success of REM.
The study became the accidental first success story of laser eye surgery.
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