coincided

verb

past tense of coincide
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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3
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 transit center work has coincided with a major Sacramento County road project along Watt Avenue. — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Lamont’s statement on Tuesday coincided with a release from the New England States Committee on Electricity voicing similar concerns, which the committee said where shared by five New England states (New Hampshire being the exception). — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2026 Brian Fluharty / Getty Images Rutschman’s emergence has coincided with Gasper’s solid at-bats since being recalled over the weekend in light of Masataka Yoshida’s appointment to the IL. — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026 As with the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, many of the attacks coincided with local civil rights activism and protest. — Jason Wollschleger, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2026 The opening of the conference coincided with Unitree’s stock market debut in Shanghai. — E. Eduardo Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026 The move coincided with Carlos Rodón’s return from elbow inflammation; his activation on Tuesday was supposed to force an incumbent member of the rotation to the bullpen before Fried got hurt. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026 The drop has coincided with broader volatility in the AI trade, particularly chip stocks, and a decline in the Korean market, which gets about half its value from SK Hynix and Samsung. — Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026 The pain at the pump has drawn close attention, but less focus has been paid to a slowdown in wage increases that has coincided with the surge in costs. — Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coincided
  1. accompanied
  2. corresponded
  3. agreed
  4. happened
  5. conformed
  6. collaborated
  7. fitted
  8. consisted
Verb
  • Many of the experiences are suitable for older children, from riding to learning how to look after sheep for the day, accompanied by a local shepherd.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Preeclampsia is hypertension that develops after 20 weeks and is accompanied by signs that other organs, such as the kidneys, are being affected.
    — Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of accompanied
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  • Its analysis suggests a CPI rate above 3% has historically corresponded with more than 100 basis points of tightening during the first year of Fed hiking cycles.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026
  • For destination categories, such as televisions, laptops, and mobile phones, the perception of in-store value during information search and immediate fulfillment corresponded closely with revenue uplift; easier returns mattered much less.
    — Ayşe Çetinel, Harvard Business Review, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of corresponded
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  • The reports about the Buss family’s stake comes a few days after Lakers owner Mark Walter suddenly agreed to sell the team to Kushner and Iger last week amid a federal fraud investigation, giving them a roughly 65% stake in the team.
    — Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The Buss family agreed to sell the Lakers to Dodgers owner Mark Walter at a $10 billion valuation.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of agreed
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  • Now, as her family, friends and fans mourn, questions remain about what happened in the actress’ final hours before her death at age 36, far from home at an apartment in South Carolina.
    — Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Although the crime happened in Kansas City, Argyriou said, so did the response.
    — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of happened
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  • That dwarfed the offerings of Morocco, which had no existing stadiums that conformed to tournament specifications and would need to spend upwards of $15 billion to prepare for a World Cup.
    — Kevin Baxter Follow June 7, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
  • Those interested in 529 savings plans should beware that not all states have fully conformed their income tax codes to the federal code.
    — Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
Definition of conformed
Verb
  • Ball, who collaborated with two camera operators and two assistants on Tucci in Italy, then designed shots as unobtrusive as possible so the contributors could feel comfortable.
    — Matthew Jacobs, HollywoodReporter, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Geneticist Shai Carmi, an associate professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has collaborated on an unpublished analysis of another grave from the same cemetery but was not involved in the research on Zosia.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of collaborated
Verb
  • This lack of choice pushed some buyers toward used cars to better fit their budgets.
    — Beth Livesay, AJC.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The track itself required creative thinking — finding run-off areas with limited space, figuring out where to create a paddock to fit the trucks that haul in cars and equipment.
    — Adam Kilgore, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of fitted
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  • Her conversation consisted primarily of declarations, some more enigmatic than others.
    — Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Transplants from the British Isles In 1776, as the nation’s founding generation proclaimed democratic ideals, music in the emerging United States consisted largely of British ballads, fiddle tunes, sea chanteys and hymns.
    — Ted Olson, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
Definition of consisted

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