by coincidence
Example Sentences
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Not by coincidence, Evy discovers that she is herself pregnant, though she hasn’t told her boyfriend, with whom she was living before moving into her mother’s house for the latter’s final days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
Another possibility is that some early dinosaurs happened to have feet that closely resembled bird feet by coincidence.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2026
Every four years Norway's parliament, the Storting, holds a vote on replacing the monarchy, which by coincidence comes up again on Tuesday, just as the trial at Oslo district court is getting under way.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
Purely by coincidence, 1990 is when “Boots” begins.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2025
The evidence is circumstantial, but it’s hard to imagine that Sapiens, just by coincidence, arrived in Australia at the precise point that all these animals were dropping dead of the chills.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
