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as in coincident
existing or occurring at the same period of time
the nearly coincidental deaths of Princess Diana and Mother Teresa
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as in attending
present at the same time and place
claims a connection between the proliferation of fast-food restaurants and the coincidental surge in the rate of obesity
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Recent Examples of coincidental
These honors are not coincidental.
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Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Despite the nearly identical nature of her pen name and the name of the conversion therapist, the author said similarities between the two were purely coincidental.
—Quispe López, Them., 30 Oct. 2025
The consequences aren’t coincidental.
—Roger Marshall, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
That all of this began in Utah may not be entirely coincidental.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
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Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Despite the nearly identical nature of her pen name and the name of the conversion therapist, the author said similarities between the two were purely coincidental.
—Quispe López, Them., 30 Oct. 2025
The consequences aren’t coincidental.
—Roger Marshall, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
That all of this began in Utah may not be entirely coincidental.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coincidental
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Regional banks bounced a bit, still down a couple percent on the week, as Thursday’s flush lower amid a few separate but coincident credit hiccups exacerbated underlying unease with the opaque and possibly lax lending across private credit and among smaller commercial banks.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
17 Oct. 2025
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The coincident new Moon contributes no light pollution, making 2025 ideal for Orionid viewing.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
13 Oct. 2025
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This year’s screenings will take place February 22 to 27 and will again run concurrent with the new MIP London.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
7 Jan. 2026
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His prison sentences ran concurrent with each other.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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After that deal was struck, the city began negotiating an accompanying agreement with the LA Alliance to reduce the number of street encampments.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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Even the accompanying food pyramid reflects the reversal, appearing almost entirely inverted from earlier versions.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
8 Jan. 2026
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So instead, to keep costs down and power up, the Starcloud satellite flies what is known as a dawn-dusk sun-synchronous orbit, circling the planet at a near vertical 83° angle that carries it over the poles and keeps it almost constantly exposed to the sun.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
7 Jan. 2026
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The Christina School District has moved to all schools to synchronous remote learning Monday in anticipation of the heavy traffic.—
Alexandra Simon,
CBS News,
5 Jan. 2026
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As oblivion approached, with all its attendant possibilities of panic or bitterness, Bowie summoned the generosity to evoke the ordeal of one prematurely dying man while also thinking and creating at the no less vast scale of life itself.—
Armin Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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In the spirit of the magic of the season (and in hopes of providing some warm respite from the usual end-of-the-year best-of deluge of stories and their attendant doldrums), IndieWire is proud to present our first-ever Holiday Week.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
12 Dec. 2025
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For his last runway collection, unveiled in September, Michele constructed a parallel universe of side-by-side shows separated by a wall that when lifted revealed twins in identical looks in synchronic stride.—
Colleen Barry,
Fortune,
24 Nov. 2022
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With a lockable synchronic-tilt mechanism and special Z-Shape design, the Kaiser 2 can accommodate a weight up to 180kg, quite a bit more than normal mechanisms on office chairs and the back can be reclined to an angle of 160 degrees which can be locked when not in rocking mode.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes,
11 Oct. 2021
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Given that immunizations save money by reducing illness and the associated health care costs, vaccine programs have proven to be valuable investments.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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Documentation related to the project — like drafts of the terms or any associated paperwork — will remain confidential and will not be available through the Kansas Open Records Act until the parties execute an agreement, according to the bond agreement state legislators moved forward last month.—
Sofi Zeman
January 7,
Kansas City Star,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Coincidental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coincidental. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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