coincidence
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That can make it difficult to determine which bacteria are genuinely associated with disease, which are simply present by coincidence, and which may have protective effects.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
That move wasn’t just coincidence, as data showed that there was a surge in South Korean investment in U.S. equities since March 2025.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026
That his residency now dwarfs, in sheer scale, the fight-night masculinity the same building helped crown is not a coincidence I am willing to let pass quietly.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Half of those officers have been Black or female, which does not seem to be a coincidence.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
In fact, all of Washington’s conservative message was immensely popular with whites, and not by coincidence, for his every public utterance was carefully crafted to appeal to two audiences.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
Uncanny coincidences regularly occur; maybe too regularly, since repetition makes the uncanny seem, well, cannily arranged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Wright gave evidence, arguing many of the prosecution's arguments were coincidences.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026
That enigmatic response got the team at the brokerage Baird to look for coincidences between Dorsey and Satoshi.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 25, 2025
It’s been a troubling year of coincidences for Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2025
Primitive man, in noticing the relatively few natural coincidences in his environment, slowly developed the raw observational data out of which science evolved.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
Vocabulary lists containing coincidence
Wonder
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Twelve Angry Men
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