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coincidence

[koh-in-si-duhns] / koʊˈɪn sɪ dəns /




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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

It could, thus, have been hardly coincidence that Dudamel opened the program with the premiere of “Humboldt’s Nature” by Venezuelan composer Ricardo Lorenz.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s not a coincidence that the Americans have won six of their seven medals in history since that moment.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s no coincidence, then, that we spend more time than ever paying attention to things happening outside of our own lives.

From Salon

This made the matching letters about being one of the missing seem more like a coincidence, more like an ordinary seventh-grade prank.

From Literature