coincidence

Example Sentences

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Those managing him did not consider it a coincidence that as demands on Palmer increased, his fitness suffered.

From BBC

“I was suspicious when you told me you ate books for lunch—right after you didn’t go into the cafeteria. But that seemed like a huge coincidence. Then you told me about your phone.”

From Literature

This coincidence—the two men aren’t related—called to mind the poem “Cathedral Builders” by Welsh poet John Ormond and equal to the mystical moment.

From The Wall Street Journal

He did not believe it was a coincidence that the incident occurred while the aircraft carrier was visiting, he added.

From Barron's

It was no coincidence that the gold medals that changed an entire team’s fortunes last Thursday went to women.

From The Wall Street Journal