coincidental

Example Sentences

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Together, these clues suggest that the Sun's present location is not simply coincidental.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

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

What’s happening in the world isn’t a series of coincidental, unrelated events.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

Though music’s flirtation with surrealism was short-lived - how can such an unreal art form ever really have had any relationship with surrealism? - one controversial aspect of Parade’s score had some coincidental forward momentum.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall