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accidental

[ak-si-den-tl] / ˌæk sɪˈdɛn tl /


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The reasons sub-Saharan Africa suffers such disproportionate harm are structural rather than accidental.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

Officials in South Carolina announced Wednesday that an investigation found Hayden Panettiere’s Aug. 16 death to be accidental and the case is now closed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

It’s not irrelevant or accidental that the call, as they say in horror movies, is coming from inside the house.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

It was named after Benedict Blythe, who died aged five after accidental exposure to cow's milk protein while at Barnack Primary School, near Peterborough, in December 2021.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

What is possible, but beyond the reach of the available evidence, is that Burr really missed his target, too, that his own fatal shot, in fact, was accidental.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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

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

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

Figure 1.19: When a sharp sign appears in the C space in the key signature, all C's are sharp unless marked as accidentals.

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


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