as it happens

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as it happens

adverb as it happened · as it so happens · it so happens · it just so happens

  1. idiomatic, not comparable By coincidence, incidentally. I have my guitar with me in the car, as it happens. I’ll go and get it.

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adv by coincidence

Españolsin ir más lejos, dar la casualidad, la casualidad hacer/querer, hacer/querer la casualidad
中文正好 zhènghǎo, 正巧 zhèngqiǎo
Portuguêspor acaso, por um acaso
Françaisil se trouve
Italianoguarda caso
Русскийкак ра́з kak ráz, ока́зывается okázyvajetsja, ме́жду про́чим méždu próčim, де́ло в то́м, что délo v tóm, što

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@misc{as_it_happens_2026,
  title = {as it happens},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/as%20it%20happens},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}