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happenstance

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hap⋅pen⋅stance

  [hap-uhn-stans]
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–noun
a chance happening or event.
Origin:
1895–1900; happen + (circum)stance
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hap·pen·stance   (hāp'ən-stāns')   
n.  A chance circumstance: "Marriage loomed only as an outgrowth of happenstance; you met a person" (Bruce Weber).

[happen + (circum)stance.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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