curious coincidence

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an interesting and unusual coincidence that makes you wonder

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Examples (10)

  • It was a curious coincidence that they both wore the same obscure band t-shirt.
  • Isn't it a curious coincidence that the power went out just as the villain was revealed in the movie?
  • The detective noted it was a curious coincidence that the witness disappeared on the anniversary of the crime.
  • By a curious coincidence, the book I found in the thrift store was the exact one my grandmother lost years ago.
  • They had discovered, by a curious coincidence, that their great-grandfathers had served in the same regiment.
  • The fact that the winning lottery numbers matched his childhood address was a curious coincidence he couldn't stop thinking about.
  • The historian pointed out the curious coincidence of two major scientific breakthroughs occurring independently on the same day.
  • "What a curious coincidence! I was just thinking about you when you called."
  • She found it a curious coincidence that every new job offer came from a city she had just visited.
  • We'll see if this is just a curious coincidence or part of a larger pattern.