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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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
Xi’s and Lee’s banter coincided with hints of warming relations between the two Asian nations.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2025
During his tumultuous decade as part of the Disney empire, which coincided with the rise in Marvel’s Avengers cinematic universe as a box office juggernaut, Perlmutter famously was at odds with the studio’s creative team.
—Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025
Her tenure with the band also coincided with a period of post-1960s transition and some personal strife behind the scenes among band members.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
Brown's appearance on Watch What Happens Live coincided with his 45th birthday.
—Sabienna Bowman, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
This has coincided with the construction of more inbound cross-dock centers.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 31 Oct. 2025
This month's Pakistan-Afghanistan fighting coincided with the Taliban foreign minister's first official visit to India.
—NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
The trim, which coincided with euro zone inflation hitting the ECB's target rate of 2%, was part of a rate-cutting cycle that has brought rates down from last year's record high of 4%.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
Gabriel, meanwhile, has played a conservative, game-management style that has kept Cleveland competitive at times, but the offense’s lack of explosive plays has coincided with losses in three of the team’s last four games.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2025
During his tumultuous decade as part of the Disney empire, which coincided with the rise in Marvel’s Avengers cinematic universe as a box office juggernaut, Perlmutter famously was at odds with the studio’s creative team.
—Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025
Her tenure with the band also coincided with a period of post-1960s transition and some personal strife behind the scenes among band members.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
Brown's appearance on Watch What Happens Live coincided with his 45th birthday.
—Sabienna Bowman, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
This has coincided with the construction of more inbound cross-dock centers.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 31 Oct. 2025
This month's Pakistan-Afghanistan fighting coincided with the Taliban foreign minister's first official visit to India.
—NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
The trim, which coincided with euro zone inflation hitting the ECB's target rate of 2%, was part of a rate-cutting cycle that has brought rates down from last year's record high of 4%.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
Gabriel, meanwhile, has played a conservative, game-management style that has kept Cleveland competitive at times, but the offense’s lack of explosive plays has coincided with losses in three of the team’s last four games.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coincided
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In recent years, staff have complained of poor working conditions brought on by overcrowding, despite director Laurence des Cars’s 2023 move to cap attendance at 30,000 visitors daily, accompanied by a ticket price increase.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
7 Nov. 2025
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Grande and Erivo were also on stage and the four were accompanied by composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz on piano.—
Haley Kluge,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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Morelli also corresponded with the man obtaining the videos for him and asked that the torture of the animals be prolonged in subsequent videos, according to a copy of the indictment filed in the case and obtained by PEOPLE.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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For this study, researchers analyzed data from 770 young, healthy adults to examine how certain aspects of their health and performance corresponded to different attributes of their sleep.—
Emma Loewe,
Outside,
15 Oct. 2025
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Leaders in Congress agreed and sent out armadas of patriot privateers to do just that, plundering British shipping around the Atlantic rim and forcing Royal Navy warships to redeploy to convoy duty.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Advertisement In April 2021, Min Aung Hlaing personally agreed at an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting to the Five Point Consensus intended to end the bloodshed and open a path toward dialogue.—
Kim Aris,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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That’s exactly what happened — and the Aggies may even be on the way up in this week’s College Football Playoff rankings.—
Maddie Hartley,
Kansas City Star,
9 Nov. 2025
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Dreier says that understanding what happened and is happening to Mars could help scientists better protect our own climate and atmosphere from current and future solar threats.—
Matthew Glasser,
ABC News,
8 Nov. 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
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Coco most recently produced Sean Baker’s Anora, having previously collaborated with the director on Red Rocket and The Florida Project.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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Splitting the work between outposts in London and Paris, the studio’s teams collaborated seamlessly, emerging from this trial-by-fire with cost-saving insights.—
Ben Croll,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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The silhouette of the dress was mostly fitted, but with the draping element and asymmetric design, the frock featured some fluidity of movement.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
6 Nov. 2025
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The company also claimed three X-BATs could fit in the deck space of a legacy fighter or helicopter.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
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At the time, Ukraine’s air force consisted largely of Soviet-era aircraft.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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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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