coincidental

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Owens is maximalist in her approach, tossing out anything that to her seems funky or confusing or too coincidental, even when they lead to theories that contradict one another.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026

It is possible these swings were all coincidental.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

"It was just purely coincidental he and I spent some quality time together on what would have been her 85th birthday. The stars had aligned," said Russell.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2025

That synchronicity was too frequent to be coincidental.

From Science Daily • Oct. 22, 2025

Any connection between American art and American nature is purely coincidental, but this is only because the nation as a whole has no contact with reality.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole