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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A happenstance.

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  • noun A coincidental occurrence.

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Examples

  • "That dream of yours, Pink," averred Clancy, on the way across the field, "was a 'happenchance' -- like the old, played-out town we found in the Picket Posts."

    Frank Merriwell, Junior's, Golden Trail or, The Fugitive Professor Burt L. Standish 1905

  • Ripples are indeed from laws and order and not happenchance.

    Sand dune - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • They hedged and hawed, I suppose, made such a mudgin of the orphans, the the…omens so that no matter what happenchance comes to pass, they can say it was foretold.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • They hedged and hawed, I suppose, made such a mudgin of the orphans, the the…omens so that no matter what happenchance comes to pass, they can say it was foretold.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • Although happenchance allowed Anthony to be in the right place at the right time to rescue Jacob, fans will not care as they began to fall in love when she was his male chef.

    Never Resist Temptation-Miranda Neville « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2009

  • Or is your "right and wrong" merely happenchance, what your peer group tells you?

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • They hedged and hawed, I suppose, made such a mudgin of the orphans, the the…omens so that no matter what happenchance comes to pass, they can say it was foretold.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • The pyro, the light show, the use of his symbol as the stage, even the happenchance of the rain...

    Prince! Ann Althouse 2007

  • The pyro, the light show, the use of his symbol as the stage, even the happenchance of the rain...

    Prince! Ann Althouse 2007

  • UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I guess I would only say that I think, in lieu of all the scenarios we talked about within our meetings, probably that happenchance stranger entering the back part of the church during the service undetected is not one of the ones that we are going to aggressively pursue early on.

    CNN Transcript May 3, 2003 2003

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