happy accident
Example Sentences
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The whole thing was sort of a happy accident, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 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
The fact that so many others saw themselves in it — and still do — was a happy accident.
From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2024
In a recent Rolling Stone profile, Blur suggested the new album was a happy accident, written after they were invited to play two nights at Wembley Stadium.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2023
If the discovery of America was a happy accident, it gave rise to another even more remarkable accident—the discovery of discovery.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
