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  • 41accidental — a. 1. Casual, fortuitous, contingent, that happens by chance, not designed, not planned, unintended, chance, undesigned, not purposed. 2. Incidental, adventitious, non essential, immaterial, dispensable, not absolutely requisite, de facto but not …

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  • 42(a) stroke of luck — a stroke/piece/of luck phrase something that happens by chance and that helps you to achieve something Thesaurus: chance events and happening by chancesynonym luck and luckinesshyponym …

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  • 43(a) piece of luck — a stroke/piece/of luck phrase something that happens by chance and that helps you to achieve something Thesaurus: chance events and happening by chancesynonym luck and luckinesshyponym …

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  • 44(a) freak of fate — a freak of fate/fortune/chance/mainly literary phrase something that happens by chance although it was very unlikely to happen Thesaurus: chance events and happening by chancesynonym Main entry: freak …

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  • 45(a) freak of fortune — a freak of fate/fortune/chance/mainly literary phrase something that happens by chance although it was very unlikely to happen Thesaurus: chance events and happening by chancesynonym Main entry: freak …

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  • 46happenstance — hap|pen|stance [ˈhæpənstæns] n [U and C] literary [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: happen + circumstance] chance, or something that happens by chance …

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  • 47casual — ca·su·al adj 1 a: not expected or foreseen b: not done purposefully: accidental 2 a: employed for irregular periods a casual worker b: engaging in an activity on an occasional basis …

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  • 48happenstance — noun (U) AmE something good that happens by chance: It was just happenstance that we met …

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  • 49hap·pen·stance — /ˈhæpənˌstæns/ noun, pl stances formal + literary : something that happens by chance [noncount] Our meeting was pure happenstance. We met each other by happenstance. [count] It was an agreeable happenstance that we met …

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  • 50casualty — noun /ˈkaʒ(ʊ)əlti/ a) Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster. The non necessary [causes] follow; of which, saith Fuchsius, no art can be made, by reason of their uncertainty, casualty, and… …

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