By chance and Short

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By chance adverb - By accident.

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Short and by chance are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Short" instead an adverb phrase "By chance".

Short adverb - With great suddenness.

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By chance and short are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "By chance" instead an adverb "Short".

Advanced Ancient Acropolis: In the short story Apoikis (1882) the narrator by chance comes to a uncharted island in the South Atlantic which is home to an advanced Greek city-state called Apoikis, which was founded by philosophers who emigrated from Greece after the execution of Socrates.

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