by coincidence

Example Sentences

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Traditionally, they vote once in every parliament on a republican motion to abolish the monarchy and the motion came up by coincidence on Tuesday.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

And by coincidence, the Hurricanes will be playing for the championship at home at Hard Rock Stadium in South Florida.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

Days before I sat down for my conversation with John Lithgow, and purely by coincidence, I watched “The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension” for the first time in decades.

From Salon • Sep. 25, 2024

The mutual-neutralization reaction is then measured by coincidence detection of the individual neutral products.

From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2024

Completely by coincidence, as we moved back and forth between these churches, I noticed that each one had its own distinct racial makeup: Jubilant church was mixed church.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah