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coincidental

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


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This strategy of testing the law and institutions, then losing, and then revising and trying again until the barrier is broken or sufficiently bent to exploit, is not coincidental.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

The timing of Apple’s price hikes may have been coincidental, but they illustrate the new world order in technology right now.

From MarketWatch Jun. 25, 2026

There’s nothing coincidental in the fact that military schools also rose up around then, and that they kept multiplying past the first world war and up to the second one.

From Los Angeles Times May 22, 2026

I don’t think the timing and virality of these moments, in this season, is coincidental.

From Slate May 20, 2026

Any note she does hit is purely coincidental.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon




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