happy accident
Example Sentences
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One might argue that Fennell’s stunning images and the familiar emotions they convey are a happy accident, the result of millions of dollars and a director given carte blanche to play as she sees fit.
From Salon • Feb. 14, 2026
And then the happy accident of that is that you get to be more present because of value that it’s actually adding on top of what your phone can already do.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025
Joe Hart and Micah Richards discuss whether Sandro Tonali meant to score against Brentford or whether it was a happy accident - and one that Bees keeper Mark Flekken should have prevented.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2025
The fact that so many others saw themselves in it — and still do — was a happy accident.
From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2024
Still, those notions of good fortune and chance have blended so much that dictionaries now accept a hybrid definition—something fortuitous is a happy accident.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
