by coincidence
Example Sentences
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Whether by coincidence or design, the pattern has been unmistakable: Promotion itself carries risk.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
Another possibility is that some early dinosaurs happened to have feet that closely resembled bird feet by coincidence.
From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2026
Every four years Norway's parliament, the Storting, holds a vote on replacing the monarchy, which by coincidence comes up again on Tuesday, just as the trial at Oslo district court is getting under way.
From BBC • Jan. 31, 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 evidence is circumstantial, but it’s hard to imagine that Sapiens, just by coincidence, arrived in Australia at the precise point that all these animals were dropping dead of the chills.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
