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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
But maybe that’s coincidental, or this is being planned.
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Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2026
The timing may not be coincidental.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2026
Any resemblance to real-life movements of the mid-20th century that edged into being considered cults was, er, coincidental.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2026
That feels a little too coincidental, but that’s the story I was told.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
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Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2026
The timing may not be coincidental.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2026
Any resemblance to real-life movements of the mid-20th century that edged into being considered cults was, er, coincidental.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2026
That feels a little too coincidental, but that’s the story I was told.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
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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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Other violations included concurrent employment while collecting workers' compensation benefits, and another involved a Los Angeles Police Department officer caught doing extreme sports while collecting disability pay.—
Julie Sharp,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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With the ban on Russian gas imports just around the corner, the Iran war and concurrent limits on global exports of oil and gas from the Middle East is terrible timing for the EU, which has already struggled to reach a consensus on banning cheap Russian energy.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2026
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In fact, an Iranian vessel sailed close to the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea, prompting an accompanying Navy destroyer to fire its 5-inch cannon, according to CBS News.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
13 Mar. 2026
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The bomb was large and the accompanying note indicated all the ways it couldn’t be disarmed.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
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Kairos can deliver up to 330 pounds (150 kilograms) of payload to sun-synchronous orbit, according to Space One.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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No synchronous online classes will be held.—
Eryn Dion,
The Providence Journal,
24 Feb. 2026
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Madrid continue to cite the completion of works at the Bernabeu as key to club finances, and the attendant extra revenue that will bring.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The museum shuttered in 2007, with Palazzo Lucarini Contemporary taking over its space, while the Prague Biennale and attendant exhibitions ceased operations after its 2013 edition.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
3 Mar. 2026
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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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Russia-friendly states Hungary and Slovakia have shunned efforts to outlaw Russian supplies, and have continued to import Russian oil via the Druzhba pipeline, and gas via associated transit lines, that run through Ukraine.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2026
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Amodei has said that the supply-chain risk label, historically reserved for foreign adversaries and associated companies that cannot be trusted in critical industries, has never before been publicly applied to an American company.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Coincidental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coincidental. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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