Thesaurus results for HAPPENSTANCE

happenstance

noun

as in coincidence

formal + literary something that happens by chance Our meeting was pure happenstance. We met each other by happenstance.

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Recent Examples of happenstance During the interview with BBC Radio 2, Jagger explained that the collaboration with Smith came about by happenstance at an industry event. —

Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2026 For Black millennials, dressing up to go out wasn't just happenstance. —

Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 If one cruel injury is happenstance and twice is bad luck, what’s four times before July? —

Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 25 May 2026 Palou didn’t reach this place by happenstance. —

Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for happenstance

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Noun

Right around then, in the sound mix, by a hysterical coincidence, one of my sound men decided to call information for the bad guy company name — Cyrex, as it was scripted — and got a number to call in Texas.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2026
The Pentagon official explained that the decision on those exceptions were being finalized earlier in June and the timing with the outbreak at Lackland was just a coincidence.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 June 2026