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coincidence

[koh-in-si-duhns] / koʊˈɪn sɪ dəns /




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By coincidence, the book is also a mystery that its characters set out to solve.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

It is no coincidence that we publish this critique just after you have all been through this yet again.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

That’s the whimsical, charged appeal of the Charli XCX-starring “Erupcja,” a mélange of romance, escape and disruptive coincidence in modern Warsaw from American micro-auteur Pete Ohs.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

It is no coincidence that Eisenhower endured the worst foreign-policy humiliation of his presidency, in May 1960, during the U-2 crisis and Paris summit, after Dulles had died.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

But when we moved away a month later, I knew it wasn’t coincidence.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi




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