by coincidence

Example Sentences

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"It was by coincidence I found the job and I took an interest straight away."

From BBC

England v France is not nicknamed 'Le Crunch' by coincidence.

From BBC

Paganoto, by coincidence, had paraded with a small samba school this year dressed as an incarcerated man.

From Washington Post

Co-founder Liz Fairbairn came to wrestling largely by coincidence, but her background in costume design and stage performance — specifically as the longtime manager of the gleefully camp shock rock outfit Gwar — made the self-described punk rocker uniquely suited to a second life as a lucha promoter.

From Los Angeles Times

By coincidence, an assignment for her eighth-grade engineering class at Carson Middle School in Herndon, Virginia, was to adapt existing products to make daily life easier for people with challenges.

From Washington Post