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
His car burst into flames, and he was pulled out by witnesses, and coincidentally, the security detail of New Hampshire governor Kelly Ayotte.
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
These were, not coincidentally, the thoughts of a graduate of the Greenwich Country Day School, of Andover, and of Yale.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Not coincidentally, just days later, it was announced that Ye had signed a seven-figure record deal with Gamma, a multi-platform music company that has recently released new albums from Mariah Carey and Usher.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 2 Apr. 2026
Hill, coincidentally a Duke product like Flagg and Knueppel, was that season’s leading All-Star game vote-getter among all players, not just rookies.
—Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 28 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for coincidentally
Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
These were, not coincidentally, the thoughts of a graduate of the Greenwich Country Day School, of Andover, and of Yale.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Not coincidentally, just days later, it was announced that Ye had signed a seven-figure record deal with Gamma, a multi-platform music company that has recently released new albums from Mariah Carey and Usher.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 2 Apr. 2026
Hill, coincidentally a Duke product like Flagg and Knueppel, was that season’s leading All-Star game vote-getter among all players, not just rookies.
—Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 28 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for coincidentally
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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Denver District Court Judge Andrew Luxen sentenced Roybal-Smith to 56 years in prison during the disposition hearing, which will run concurrently with his other prison sentence, court records show.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
10 Apr. 2026
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Now the two shows are premiering their final seasons — or, at least, Zendaya says this is Euphoria’s final outing — concurrently.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Theoretically, the Yankees could get Rice and Goldschmidt in the lineup simultaneously, as the former came up through the minors as a catcher.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Seventy-three million baby boomers are flooding into their seventies as patients while simultaneously retiring from the nursing workforce, squeezing supply and demand from both directions at once.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Coincidentally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coincidentally. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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