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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

The timing of the announcement with Tax Day is not coincidental, as most sign-ups happen while people are filing their taxes.

From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026

It isn’t merely coincidental or surprising, as when the newscaster thoughtlessly reports, “Ironically, the jewelry store was burglarized on the same date last year.”

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner




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