accidental

The new policy preserves the benefits of life-sciences research while defining the areas of greatest risk, including prevention of accidental or intentional lab leaks, and penalties for irresponsible practices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Maybe accidental spoilers are just par for the course?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

My first gray whale sighting was entirely accidental.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

Moir added: "I'll stress that this applies even when the action is accidental, as it was in Bryson's case."

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

It was encircled by a wild, untended garden fierce in its reckless blooming and accidental color.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

This version needed to then be translated into conventional music using normal accidentals.

From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2024

You have Blackwood’s old recording and scores, which look like familiar scores but have lots of odd accidentals in them.

From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2024

Humans have long marveled at such exotic stragglers — which experts also refer to as waifs, rarities, extralimitals, casuals and accidentals — and what they suggest about the biological importance of wandering.

From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2022

In this year, which at home differed only in accidentals from other prosperous peacetime years, the U.S. also held an election.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pitches that are not in the key signature are called accidentals.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones