Definition of coincidentallynext
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 Elsa was in attendance to see her son help lead the Indiana Hoosiers to win the National Championship in January 2026, which was conveniently and coincidentally held in Miami. Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026 Perhaps not coincidentally, if there was a Hot 100 of trades, welding would be #1 with a bullet. Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 All hell breaks loose at the table and, not so coincidentally, everyone looks to Porsha to diffuse things. Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 29 June 2026 Perhaps coincidentally, OpenAI is considering delaying its IPO, The New York Times reported, with executives unnerved by SpaceX’s volatile debut and stock-market choppiness. Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for coincidentally
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Adverb
  • 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
  • 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
  • Alexander ordered the robbery sentence to run concurrently with the sentence in the fatal shooting case.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026
  • Zucker noted the move to play it first on Shudder and AMC+ concurrently was new for AMC.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 July 2026
Adverb
  • China simultaneously placed strict restrictions on its refineries, limiting their output of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • On Emotional Junglist, Nia simultaneously accesses a new, emboldened register, and pushes jungle music into fresh, vulnerable territory.
    Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026

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“Coincidentally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coincidentally. Accessed 24 Jul. 2026.

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