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coincidental

[koh-in-si-den-tl] / koʊˌɪn sɪˈdɛn tl /


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"Underlying or concurrent illnesses may be responsible, or the events could be coincidental," it added.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

Owens is maximalist in her approach, tossing out anything that to her seems funky or confusing or too coincidental, even when they lead to theories that contradict one another.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026

It is possible these swings were all coincidental.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

That synchronicity was too frequent to be coincidental.

From Science Daily • Oct. 22, 2025

He might not have been paying attention to me at all, and his glance might have just been coincidental.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu