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Recent Examples of happenchance
The Wilson New York onslaught—including billboards of Stefanos Tsitsipas adorning the city advertising the new Blade— isn't happenchance.
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Tim Newcomb, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
Tim Newcomb, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for happenchance
Noun
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What if Gemma was at fault for the accident and seriously harmed or killed another person?—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
21 Mar. 2025
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The golden retriever didn't chew up anything during puppyhood and had no recurring accidents.—
Kelli Bender,
People.com,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In the ’90s, a movie like this one might have had a chance to catch on.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
22 Mar. 2025
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The Clippers are looking to take a stand in these games, knowing how important each win is to their chances of inching up in the uber-tough West and securing a playoff spot.—
Austin Knoblauch,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Two Georgia lottery players tried their luck — and walked away with life-changing wins.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Miami Herald,
21 Mar. 2025
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However, their luck ran out in the following two games, where the Reds lost twice in a row to PSG in the last-16 second-leg and then Newcastle in the Carabao Cup final – the latter held them without a shot for an entire half.—
Brett Koremenos,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In that sense, the achievement of AGI or ASI is merely a happenstance along the way.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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The timing of the expulsions, particularly of the ICRC, is not happenstance.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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If a person is arrested in violation of the settlement agreement, they must in most circumstances be released from detention without having to pay bond and without conditions of release, according to Rebecca Glenberg, chief supervising litigation counsel at the ACLU of Illinois.—
Laura Rodríguez Presa,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
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That idea—of a grand continuum, in which the circumstances change but all of our big human feelings (heartache, joy, unease, panic, contentment) remain the same, across time and vast distances—felt germane to her new songs.—
Amanda Petrusich,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Tornadoes are most likely from March through mid-June, after which damaging wind gusts become the main hazard.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
18 Mar. 2025
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In the fourth category, students’ metaphors highlighted the potential hazards of AI.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
18 Mar. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Happenchance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/happenchance. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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