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

Many of Burns’ works do, purely by happenstance.

From Salon • Nov. 15, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025

The initial Metro Bashers came to their hobby independently, meeting through happenstance and their shared love of the rail network.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2025

For, no matter where fate, happenstance, or wanderlust might carry her, Penelope was a Swanburne girl, through and through.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood