matter of chance
Example Sentences
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What this means is that evolution in E. coli, despite the serendipity of horizontal gene transfer, isn’t just a matter of chance.
From Salon • Oct. 14, 2024
Much of North America meets that description, though, and exactly where important new finds may lie hidden is largely a matter of chance.
From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2022
That they have not yet been deployed is simply a matter of chance.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2022
He sought to demonstrate the existence of God by showing that his creation was fine-tuned for humans in a way that could not be simply a matter of chance.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
But happiness in marriage, as Austens heroine Elizabeth Bennet knows, is not only a matter of chance.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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