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Definition of happenstance
: a circumstance especially that is due to chance They came together by mere happenstance.
happenstance
adjectiveFrom the M-W Editors
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.
Recent Examples of happenstance from the Web
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By happenstance or not, in the days and weeks after the meeting with the Russian lawyer, emails purloined from Democratic computers were made public, which investigators tied to Russian hacking.
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By happenstance or not, in the days and weeks after the meeting with the Russian lawyer, emails purloined from Democratic computers were made public, which investigators tied to Russian hacking.
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By happenstance or not, in the days and weeks that followed the meeting with the Russian lawyer, emails purloined from Democratic computers were made public, which investigators tied to Russian hacking.
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The 26-page report from District Attorney Hillar C. Moore III provided a detailed account of how Long ambushed the three law enforcement officers by happenstance outside a convenience store.
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The Lutzenkirchens see a Philip wink on the Plains, where happenstance has brought their son's high school coach together at Auburn with the player Philip influenced most during his brief coaching career.
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These happenstance meetings turned out to have some historical importance.
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Using test scores or even humans to assess teachers is too vulnerable to factors out of teachers’ control, like poverty, curriculum, leadership or happenstance.
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Some of it was happenstance to get that bid to WNIT.
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Origin and Etymology of happenstance
happen + circumstance
HAPPENSTANCE Defined for English Language Learners
happenstance
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noun
Definition of happenstance for English Language Learners
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: something that happens by chance
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