accidental

Many recent revolutionary inventions have been almost accidental, Cole found as he chronicled the tales of companies like Novo Nordisk and Google.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

The strike was reviewed and determined to have been accidental, so the fight continued.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

Projects have included blocking irrigation canals to help restore wetlands, strengthening firefighting capabilities, and stepping up efforts to prevent accidental human ignitions.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026

The rule states that if the ball has hit the arm of the goalscorer immediately before they score then it must be ruled out, even if accidental.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

But there’s a sloppiness that comes with speed: the poorly placed boot that results in a splash, the accidental clang of a gun against a pipe, even my own commands, issued too loudly for discretion.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

This version needed to then be translated into conventional music using normal accidentals.

From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2024

You have Blackwood’s old recording and scores, which look like familiar scores but have lots of odd accidentals in them.

From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2024

Humans have long marveled at such exotic stragglers — which experts also refer to as waifs, rarities, extralimitals, casuals and accidentals — and what they suggest about the biological importance of wandering.

From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2022

In this year, which at home differed only in accidentals from other prosperous peacetime years, the U.S. also held an election.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pitches that are not in the key signature are called accidentals.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones