Thesaurus results for HAPPENSTANCE

happenstance

noun

Definition of happenstance

as in coincidence

formal + literary something that happens by chance Our meeting was pure happenstance. We met each other by happenstance.

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Recent Examples of happenstance And that's obviously not by happenstance. — Heather Abbott, CBS News, 7 June 2026 By happenstance, the Fontaine Inn is about a block away from a 204-room hotel complex at 2560 Fontaine Rd. — George Avalos, Mercury News, 4 June 2026 Up to this point, Ruthye has begged Supergirl to help her exact revenge on Krem, which the heroine has refused, so the alignment of their goals ends up a convenient happenstance. — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 26 June 2026 During the interview with BBC Radio 2, Jagger explained that the collaboration with Smith came about by happenstance at an industry event. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for happenstance

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Noun

This year's festival just happens to land exactly on the Fourth of July, a coincidence Patti Mangan, the executive director of the Fillmore Merchants Association, believed was a blessing.

— Noe Padilla, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Speaking of dogs, Rikke has one, and Park shares that the casting of this dog was a lucky coincidence.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2026