coincidence

Example Sentences

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This coincidence—the two men aren’t related—called to mind the poem “Cathedral Builders” by Welsh poet John Ormond and equal to the mystical moment.

From The Wall Street Journal

He did not believe it was a coincidence that the incident occurred while the aircraft carrier was visiting, he added.

From Barron's

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