accidental

The judges argued that under the current federal statute, “a defendant may be convicted ... based on an accidental killing.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

Although most incidents involved accidental dosing or therapeutic mistakes rather than intentional misuse, the sheer size of the increase surprised the research team.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026

The cut-outs themselves evolved over time, taking on various compositional and even accidental patterns on Matisse’s studio walls, before being glued by assistants onto a final surface.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

Benedict Blythe died after an accidental exposure to an allergen - cow's milk protein - while at Barnack Primary School, between Stamford and Peterborough, in December 2021.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

I found another collection of stones, off by themselves, but so arranged that they could not have been accidental.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

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

But some care must be taken to correctly transpose accidentals.

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