happenchance
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of happenchance
Example Sentences
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That we're not just here by happenchance, and we want to know that we're powerful.
From Salon
The 73-year-old, who was born in New Jersey and now lives in Calabasas, California, has been a fan of Fulham FC for decades, after watching a match "by happenchance" during a visit to London.
From BBC
"There is no way that communicating changes which affect different groups very differently, over different timelines, should ever have been left to general awareness campaigns or happenchance," he said.
From BBC
The discovery was somewhat happenchance.
From Science Magazine
I seemed to be back in that pile of ruins that used to be Happenchance, the played-out mining camp.
From Project Gutenberg
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