be coincidental

Frequency: 8.015.1 per million words

Used to state that an event or situation is a coincidence.

coincidentalVERBS + coincidental

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Examples (10)

  • These parallels cannot be merely coincidental.
  • The timing is hardly coincidental.
  • It is purely coincidental that we both wore the same shirt today.
  • Their meeting at the airport was completely coincidental.
  • Any resemblance to real events would be purely coincidental.
  • Do you think it was coincidental that he showed up right after you mentioned his name?
  • The scientist first thought the results were coincidental, but further tests proved a connection.
  • While it might seem planned, the fact that both companies launched similar products was entirely coincidental.
  • The overlap in their research findings seems to be coincidental.
  • Sometimes, events in life are just coincidental and have no deeper meaning.