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Meanings of coincidental in English

Occurring or operating at the same time.

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Usage of coincidental in English
1
The health board has said that the grouping of cases is coincidental.
The Irish Times
2
He said his visit now was coincidental and had been long planned.
Reuters
3
The company has another advantage working for it, but it's largely coincidental.
Wired
4
Mighty coincidental, don't you think? There was a challenge in her tone.
Strong, sleek and sinful
5
Representatives for Smith have called the agreement amicable and the similarities coincidental.
Reuters
6
The coincidental call-up of three Italian classes during July was probably misinterpreted.
The white war: life and death on the italian front 1915-1919
7
Without further proof, I had to assume that these were still coincidental.
Past malice: an emma fielding mystery
8
Had his disappearance while Strike's view was occluded been coincidental or deliberate?
Career of Evil
9
I don't know about you, but that doesn't seem coincidental to me.
No mercy
10
Modise believes that the timing of these charges couldn't be more coincidental.
The South African
11
It's too fucking coincidental that we're here the morning after it happened.
Empty mile
12
Any resemblance to persons living or dead is entirely coincidental and unintentional.
Sahm I am
13
The ministry also reported another coincidental death and another death under investigation.
Jamaica Observer
14
The situation described by the residents would have been purely coincidental, he said.
Jamaica Observer
15
The timing of this new mobile health initiative by Samsung doesn't seem coincidental.
Wired
16
Is this a coincidental result, or is it a consequence of modern industrialization?
Pubmed
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Coincidental through the time
Coincidental across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common