happenstance
noun
hap·pen·stance
ˈha-pən-ˌstan(t)s 
ˈha-pᵊm-
: a circumstance especially that is due to chance
They came together by mere happenstance.
happenstance
adjective
Examples of happenstance in a Sentence
Our meeting was pure happenstance.
We met each other by happenstance.
It was an agreeable happenstance that we met.
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By happenstance, his manager at the time was Sharon’s dad.
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Erik Hedegaard, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2025
Third, the advice or recommendations emitted by AI are bound to be tainted by the abundance of compassion and mislead people by design or by happenstance.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
By happenstance, the Bumb family owns the flea market property near the Berryessa BART station in northeast San Jose.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 3 July 2025
Their happenstance meeting during an afternoon prison visit gives way to an unlikely dynamic that gets ever thornier the more their two disparate worlds collide.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
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Erik Hedegaard, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2025
Third, the advice or recommendations emitted by AI are bound to be tainted by the abundance of compassion and mislead people by design or by happenstance.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
By happenstance, the Bumb family owns the flea market property near the Berryessa BART station in northeast San Jose.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 3 July 2025
Their happenstance meeting during an afternoon prison visit gives way to an unlikely dynamic that gets ever thornier the more their two disparate worlds collide.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for happenstance
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“Happenstance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/happenstance. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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