coincidental
adjective
co·in·ci·den·tal
(ˌ)kō-ˌin(t)-sə-ˈden-tᵊl 
1
: resulting from a coincidence
a coincidental resemblance
2
: occurring or existing at the same time
coincidental deaths
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Examples of coincidental in a Sentence
The fact that he and his boss went to the same college was purely coincidental.
the nearly coincidental deaths of Princess Diana and Mother Teresa
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Police wrote a match with McFarland is 51.3 billion times more likely than a coincidental match to an unrelated individual.
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Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 8 Mar. 2024
Maybe the parallels to Jonze’s film — in which Joaquin Phoenix plays a lonely divorcée who becomes romantically attached to his AI assistant — are purely coincidental.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 15 May 2024
Call that coincidental, call that the universe, call it whatever.
—Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 6 May 2024
Though the documentary has been in the works since 2022, timing of its release — right at the moment when the disgraced star is attempting a comeback — does not seem coincidental.
—Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2024
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Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 8 Mar. 2024
Maybe the parallels to Jonze’s film — in which Joaquin Phoenix plays a lonely divorcée who becomes romantically attached to his AI assistant — are purely coincidental.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 15 May 2024
Call that coincidental, call that the universe, call it whatever.
—Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 6 May 2024
Though the documentary has been in the works since 2022, timing of its release — right at the moment when the disgraced star is attempting a comeback — does not seem coincidental.
—Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2024
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“Coincidental.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coincidental. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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coincidental
adjective
co·in·ci·den·tal
(ˌ)kō-ˌin(t)-sə-ˈdent-ᵊl
1
: resulting from a coincidence
a coincidental resemblance
2
: occurring or existing at the same time
coincidentally
adverb
-ˈdent-lē
-ᵊl-ē
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