as in coincidently
at one and the same time
the final stages of the Napoleonic Wars were fought coincidentally with the U.S.-British conflict known as the War of 1812
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Recent Examples of coincidentally
Not so coincidentally, hard luxury executives have been eyeing it as a market with potential in Southeast Asia.
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Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Jan. 2026
Among those are three senior candidates, a contributor, coincidentally enough being Patriots owner Robert Kraft, and a coach.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Similarly, the Warriors should look at taking their best, hardest swing for 2026-27; some of the moves on the table might also coincidentally improve them for 2025-26, but that isn’t the main point.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
Not coincidentally Miami won its last playoff game — its last to this day — in the 2000 season just as New England’s rise was dawning.
—Greg Cote
january 26, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2026
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Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Jan. 2026
Among those are three senior candidates, a contributor, coincidentally enough being Patriots owner Robert Kraft, and a coach.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Similarly, the Warriors should look at taking their best, hardest swing for 2026-27; some of the moves on the table might also coincidentally improve them for 2025-26, but that isn’t the main point.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
Not coincidentally Miami won its last playoff game — its last to this day — in the 2000 season just as New England’s rise was dawning.
—Greg Cote
january 26, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coincidentally
Adverb
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Baltimore had coincidently fallen 17 points below its scoring average, and the Ravens fell to 1-3 for the first time since 2015 — a campaign that ended with a 5-11 record.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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In Oshkosh, Franki runs a foundation that fights teen suicide and, coincidently, the office space sits in an old George Webb location.—
Jack Albright,
jsonline.com,
20 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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The tournament runs concurrently with the Stanley Cup playoffs and Robertson’s Stars are on a four-year run of consecutive playoff appearances, reaching the conference final in each of the last three years.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Cooper Howard, via flashback, and his future iteration, the Ghoul, concurrently have perhaps the biggest reveals of the season.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Texas State pitcher Madison Azua simultaneously groaned and laughed while recounting the near-torturous exercises the program put her and teammates through.—
Caleb Yum,
Austin American Statesman,
3 Feb. 2026
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Lead lines are often doubled on two instruments, as if to hear both sides of a story simultaneously.—
Mark Richardson,
Pitchfork,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Coincidentally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coincidentally. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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