Meaning of the word kismet in English

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kismet

US /ˈkɪz.met/
UK /ˈkɪz.met/

Noun

1.

a force that some people think controls what happens in the future, and is outside human control:

Example:
It must have been kismet. A few months after accepting the commission, she learned she would be having a baby.
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