1
as in accompanied
to occur or exist at the same time
the heaviest snowfall of the season coincided with the start of our weeklong ski vacation
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2
as in corresponded
to be in agreement on every point
the two lists coincide
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as in agreed
to have or come to the same opinion or point of view
their wishes coincide exactly with my desire
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Recent Examples of coincided
The latest flare-up coincided with a historic trip by Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi to Pakistan’s rival India, triggering concern in Islamabad.
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Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
Con Tampa in September 2023 and April 2023's Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, which coincided with costar Daniels' 96th birthday.
—Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
In addition, Alabama complains that the Times gave the school only four hours to respond to the story before it was published; this also coincided with the team getting ready to start the tournament.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 Oct. 2025
The ceremony, held in the White House Rose Garden, coincided with what would have been Kirk’s 32nd birthday.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Trump’s entrance into the Knesset coincided with rumors that all 20 hostages were released.
—Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2025
Consulting the king Initial trepidation about taking on Shaka coincided with the onset of the pandemic.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
The actress and singer appeared to be caught off guard during Monday's episode of Today after interviewer Melvin bluntly noted that the filming the movie coincided with the finalization of her divorce from Ben Affleck, who executive-produced the musical, earlier this year.
—Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
The event coincided with National Public Lands Day, the nation’s largest, single-day volunteer event for public lands, and drew about 600 people.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
Con Tampa in September 2023 and April 2023's Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, which coincided with costar Daniels' 96th birthday.
—Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
In addition, Alabama complains that the Times gave the school only four hours to respond to the story before it was published; this also coincided with the team getting ready to start the tournament.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 Oct. 2025
The ceremony, held in the White House Rose Garden, coincided with what would have been Kirk’s 32nd birthday.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Trump’s entrance into the Knesset coincided with rumors that all 20 hostages were released.
—Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2025
Consulting the king Initial trepidation about taking on Shaka coincided with the onset of the pandemic.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
The actress and singer appeared to be caught off guard during Monday's episode of Today after interviewer Melvin bluntly noted that the filming the movie coincided with the finalization of her divorce from Ben Affleck, who executive-produced the musical, earlier this year.
—Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
The event coincided with National Public Lands Day, the nation’s largest, single-day volunteer event for public lands, and drew about 600 people.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coincided
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And, yes, the flesh-and-bone Panthers get to run through a properly inflated tunnel, accompanied by blasts of smoke and the marching band playing the fight song.—
Brian Hamilton,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Each special is also accompanied by a behind-the-scenes featurette on the prepping of the hour.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
17 Oct. 2025
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To confirm the match, the team carefully aligned the Hubble and JWST images using 36 stars visible in both datasets as reference points, ensuring that every pixel corresponded to the same spot in the sky, the study noted.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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To calculate the scattering amplitude for a collision of n particles, physicists would have to add up many BCFW terms — and each of those terms corresponded to a region of the positive Grassmannian in n dimensions.—
Kevin Hartnett,
Quanta Magazine,
6 Oct. 2025
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Dylan Buell / Getty Images The Sacramento Kings and fourth-year forward Keegan Murray have agreed to a five-year, $140 million extension, a league source told The Athletic.—
David Aldridge,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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In a step toward easing that friction, however, NBCU and Apple have agreed to place select programming on the partner service’s app.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
16 Oct. 2025
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But when a famous author sneaks into town and a body is found in his penthouse apartment, cunning fox investigator Vera Vixen must piece together what happened.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
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Craft opened up about what happened on the agreement that the name of the zoo involved be omitted from the story.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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The famous Stanford Prison Experiment by Zimbardo revealed how quickly people conformed to roles of power or submission, often at the expense of empathy and fairness.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Columbia, Brown, and the University of Pennsylvania have made deals with the Administration to restore their funding, and other universities have conformed to what the Administration seems to want in order to avoid becoming targets themselves.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Papa Snoop collaborated with GLAAD for the song in honor of Spirit Day, an annual holiday that encourages people to stand against bullying LGBTQ+ youth.—
James Factora,
Them.,
17 Oct. 2025
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Baugh and Urban first collaborated in 2024, when Urban asked her to perform with him at the CMT Music Awards.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In one experiment, a robot fitted with the new skin successfully navigated a model of human arteries.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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The Atlanta Hawks traded for Kristaps Porziņģis, a former All-Star who is too accomplished to fit into this category.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Whereas my life at that time consisted purely of practicalities.—
Ayşegül Savaş,
New Yorker,
12 Oct. 2025
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Before this high achiever entered La Mer’s roster of offerings, its lip category consisted only of The Lip Balm, The Lip Polish, and The Lip Volumizer — all geared towards nourishing, restoring, and, in case of the latter, treating pouts to buildable color.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
6 Oct. 2025
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