by chance
Example Sentences
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Stewart said they met again by chance at a game fair in the summer of 1995, when they passed each other in an aisle.
From BBC
Speaking to BBC Breakfast on Monday, she said she initially trained as a circus performer, before coming across skeleton by chance on social media in 2019.
From BBC
Immaculately dressed in a fur-collared coat and white scarf, conductor Herman Makarenko led nine string players before dozens of people, some of whom had stopped by chance.
From Barron's
"Whatever we are dealing with here," he said, "it is certain that the words have not come to us by chance. They give us instructions, and a warning."
From Literature
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“A coincidence,” Glory said, “is something that happens by chance.”
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.