coincidence
Example Sentences
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He added it was a "strange coincidence" China's missile tracking ship, Yuan Wang 5, was in port in Fiji when the missile was fired.
From Barron's • Jul. 8, 2026
It was a coincidence, they said, that they played their worst game of the tournament Monday.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2026
“It was an incredible coincidence, but that’s all it was,” said Neil Herman of Bušić’s presence at the airport on Dec. 29, 1975.
From Slate • Jul. 7, 2026
An anonymous source at the Pentagon told AP News that the reversed decision had nothing to do with the outbreak and was just a coincidence.
From Salon • Jun. 30, 2026
It was Schott’s book that inspired Robert Boyle to construct his own air pump in England, and it is perhaps not a coincidence that vacuum experiments were recommenced in Florence in 1657.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing coincidence
Wonder
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"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
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Twelve Angry Men
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