mere chance
Frequency: 8.018.5 per million words
Emphasizes that something happened randomly, without a plan.
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Examples (10)
- It was by mere chance that they met at the crowded airport.
- Success in that venture was attributed to mere chance, not skill.
- The discovery of the ancient artifact was a matter of mere chance.
- They found the solution through mere chance during their experiment.
- She insisted that her promotion was not due to hard work, but mere chance.
- Don't rely on mere chance when planning for your future.
- His survival in the wilderness was due to mere chance and luck.
- The two similar events occurring simultaneously was just mere chance.
- Winning the lottery is almost entirely a game of mere chance.
- We cannot leave such an important decision to mere chance.