off-chance

Example Sentences

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A few years ago, on the off chance it might actually come to be, Deutch began studying the films of the French New Wave and learning to speak French.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025

Williams had insisted I not bring my phone, on the off chance my movements were being tracked.

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2025

"We decided to take a very careful look at the shipworm's gut again," says Goodell, "on the off chance that the last hundred years' worth of researchers missed something."

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2024

On the off chance it does, though, the American people may want to start getting in shape.

From Slate • May 25, 2024

Antain peeked hopefully from room to room, on the off chance that he might catch sight of Ethyne, the girl from school.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill