happenstance
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ənˌstæns noun
a chance happening or event.
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| —n | |
| 1. | chance |
| 2. | a chance occurrence |
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Happenstance
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Example sentences
These happenstance meetings are the interpersonal equivalents of meteor showers.
They succeeded, partly by design and partly by happenstance.
Happenstance also caused that train to collide with actual news events.
Happenstance brought him to this broiling desert for his victory lap.
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