off chance
Americannoun
noun
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a slight possibility
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with the hope
on the off chance of getting the job
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
"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
On the off chance that a few fish make it through all of that and into the lock itself, there is a second, larger acoustic array.
From Salon • Jun. 13, 2023
I text Jade, even though she’s all the way in California, on the off chance that she’s heard from Avery today.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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