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Synonyms for happenstance
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : hap-uh n-stans |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæp ənˌstæns |
Définition of happenstance
Origin :- 1897, from happening + ending from circumstance.
- noun chance
- The German was just a happenstance, a castaway in the war for Arzachel.
- Extract from : « First on the Moon » by Jeff Sutton
- But the happenstance habits of nature were steadily being integrated into the control program of man.
- Extract from : « The Thirst Quenchers » by Rick Raphael
- Out of the chaos of happenstance they were finding rules of order, certain formulas of behavior, equations of force.
- Extract from : « Empire » by Clifford Donald Simak
- This is contrasted to happenstance decision making based on impulsiveness and wishful thinking.
- Extract from : « Sequential Problem Solving » by Fredric Lozo
- As for deceased, his ontimely evaporation that a-way is but the frootes of happenstance.
- Extract from : « Faro Nell and Her Friends » by Alfred Henry Lewis
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