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
The cast is expected to include Meryl Streep (who, coincidentally, is Ronson’s mother-in-law; the musician is married to Streep’s daughter Grace Gummer), Daniel Craig, Emma Mackey and Carey Mulligan.
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Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025
Both, coincidentally, eventually yielded touchdown drives.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 21 Sep. 2025
The circumstances of both of their crownings are coincidentally similar.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Both players flirted with 500-foot homers this season, coincidentally both by way of the grand slam.
—Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
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Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025
Both, coincidentally, eventually yielded touchdown drives.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 21 Sep. 2025
The circumstances of both of their crownings are coincidentally similar.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Both players flirted with 500-foot homers this season, coincidentally both by way of the grand slam.
—Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
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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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Viewers can stream the show on the PBS App concurrently with the premiere.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
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Others, like this week, run concurrently, with one game exclusively on ABC and the other on ESPN.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Despite coming from different backgrounds, they are being fostered simultaneously, and their first encounter was chaotic to say the least.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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The first two seasons of The Bear were simultaneously very funny and also earned their panic-attack-inducing tension by grounding the characters and story in the dysfunctions of a middle-class family in Chicago.—
Andrew Bernard,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Coincidentally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coincidentally. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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