happy accident

The fact that so many others saw themselves in it — and still do — was a happy accident.

But the sighting of 2023ufx turned out to be a happy accident for researchers.

Can this happy accident be repeated?

Without Turner Classic Movies and other channels for movies on TV, we’d lose the instructive pleasures of the happy accident, the unexpected discovery.

Okrent said he believes the ice cream business was a “happy accident” for his friend that allowed him to make a product that was inclusive and brought joy to many people.