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coincidental

[koh-in-si-den-tl] / koʊˌɪn sɪˈdɛn tl /


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"Underlying or concurrent illnesses may be responsible, or the events could be coincidental," it added.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 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

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




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