1895-1900; happen + (circum)stance
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The success that followed 16 years later was a matter of happenstance,not of strategy.
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All of these differences add up to make each planet unique, a product ofhappenstance and history.
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But the happenstance habits of nature were steadily being integrated intothe control program of man.
The Thirst Quenchers Rick Raphael -
The German was just a happenstance, a castaway in the war for Arzachel.
First on the Moon Jeff Sutton -
Out of the chaos of happenstance they were finding rules of order, certain formulas of behavior, equations of force.
Empire Clifford Donald Simak -
This is contrasted to happenstance decision making based on impulsiveness and wishful thinking.
Sequential Problem Solving Fredric Lozo -
As for deceased, his ontimely evaporation that a-way is but the frootes ofhappenstance.
Faro Nell and Her Friends Alfred Henry Lewis
happenstance
1897, from happening + ending from circumstance.

