"Sheer happenstance" means a pure coincidence or an event that occurred by chance and was not planned or intended.
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Much of the investigation details are handed to our characters
through sheer happenstance as they bumble around, March hammered down by being hammered most of the time, and Healy weighed down by his own gut (boy, do I love Fat Russell) and March's persistent flubs (the character falls from a considerable distance on two occasions, both leading to discoveries that further enhance the case).
It was
by sheer happenstance that I found out about the game this way; I rarely visited game websites when I was younger, and it wasn't until Kingdom Hearts that I really had a reason to do so.
Through sheer happenstance, I have ended up in a working environment not terribly different from the one employed by Buffett, Munger, and other likeminded value investors.
Much has been said about the lackluster crop of nominees this year, but you honestly can't complain where this is the only category where women have the chance to dominate it by
the sheer happenstance of their gender.
Through
sheer happenstance, I have ended up in a working environment not terribly different from the one employed by Buffett, Munger, and other likeminded value investors.
For an added touch of logic and
sheer happenstance, the artist's name means four corners in Dutch, but he is a New Yorker under thirty.
Through
sheer happenstance, I discovered the blogs Symtym and Patent Baristas with a couple days of each other.