happenstance

Example Sentences

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Fun fact: That Post-it Notes were originally yellow was happenstance, too; that’s the color scrap paper the lab next door had available.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

And that’s pretty much how my life has been, all just happenstance.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025

Marles had met Hegseth in August to lobby him on Aukus, but the latter's office issued - and later retracted - a statement saying there were no talks, only "a happenstance encounter".

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2025

Other scientists must then replicate those results, proving that the first results weren’t happenstance.

From Slate • Nov. 14, 2024

One day she came across a rabbit, purely by happenstance.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin