by chance

Example Sentences

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Put simply, physics appears to allow the possibility that our memories are not reliable records but instead detailed illusions produced by chance.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2026

“I am not Epstein’s victim. Epstein did not introduce me to Donald Trump. I met my husband, by chance, at a New York City party in 1998,” she said.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026

Some are capitalists, some are communists, but we’re all Cubans, divided by chance, circumstance and the sea.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

But it was only by chance that I was by myself when my phone buzzed and displayed an on-screen message with some additional questions from the dog sitter I’d booked for our trip.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Suppose that, by chance, among the distant ancestors of this crab, one arose with a pattern that resembled, even slightly, a human face.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan