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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
While that trend has been in place for years, recent events suggest an acceleration in sales — and the timing may not be coincidental.
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Joel Shulman, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The White House has not commented on how the formula was created, so the similarities may simply be coincidental.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
The increase in antisemitism is not coincidental, Sachs posits, constructing a case in which Hamas began seeding anti-Jewish and anti-Israel hate as far back in the early 1990s with a meeting the FBI secretly recorded at a Philadelphia hotel.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2025
The league is poorer for their loss, and the drop in the ACC’s overall basketball prowess isn’t coincidental.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 12 Mar. 2025
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Joel Shulman, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The White House has not commented on how the formula was created, so the similarities may simply be coincidental.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
The increase in antisemitism is not coincidental, Sachs posits, constructing a case in which Hamas began seeding anti-Jewish and anti-Israel hate as far back in the early 1990s with a meeting the FBI secretly recorded at a Philadelphia hotel.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2025
The league is poorer for their loss, and the drop in the ACC’s overall basketball prowess isn’t coincidental.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coincidental
Adjective
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The timing of these changes were roughly coincident with clarification of Information Blocking rules and Epic’s introduction of its own competing product.—
Seth Joseph,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2024
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Another suggestion is that there were two more or less coincident eruptions, one each in northern and southern hemispheres.—
Erik Klemetti,
Discover Magazine,
26 July 2011
Adjective
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Because of that, drawing flourished as a wholly independent medium in the 1970s, thanks to the concurrent rise of idea-intensive Conceptual art.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2025
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Moreover, a part-time H-1B that is cap-subject can be paired with a part-time or full-time concurrent H-1B at a traditionally cap-subject employer.—
Sophie Alcorn,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The parade and accompanying rhetoric highlight how central the military remains to Iran's national posture, especially as the U.S. continues to build up its military presence in the Middle East.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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Watch the accompanying music video, directed and produced by Militarie Gun frontman Ian Shelton, below.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Set clear deadlines for collecting input and making decisions, create inclusive input-gathering mechanisms (e.g., identifiable and anonymous, synchronous and asynchronous, verbal and written), and plan decision and decision-assessment communication to foster accountability and manage expectations.—
Daniel Pascoe Aguilar,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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In such systems, provisioning large workloads with synchronous processing and very low latency requirements can be challenging.—
Ravi Laudya,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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For a series purporting to be in large part about fathers and sons, domestic life and its attendant ceremonies have never gotten much play in Star Wars.—
Jesse Hassenger,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2025
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Given the way that U.S. forces are constructed today, U.S. defense strategists face a difficult choice between preemption, with its attendant risks of escalation, and the real possibility of a first strike by Beijing, with the heavy losses that would cause.—
ANDREW S. LIM,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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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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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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Many critics contest claims of widespread discrimination against Christians in U.S. society, given that Christians are the country’s largest faith group and benefit from associated privileges.—
Michael Pasek,
The Conversation,
18 Apr. 2025
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Marijuana − medical and recreational − is legal throughout more than half of the United States, and for some looking to familiarize themselves with the plant and its effects, learning all of the associated terminology may feel daunting.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Coincidental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coincidental. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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