hardly coincidental
Frequency: 7.511.5 per million words
Used to express a strong belief that something is not a coincidence and was likely planned or has a reason.
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Examples (10)
- The timing of his resignation, just before the scandal broke, is hardly coincidental.
- It's hardly coincidental that all the winning lottery tickets were sold in the same small town.
- The fact that their main competitor went bankrupt right after their product launch was hardly coincidental.
- Her sudden promotion after the manager's unexpected departure seemed hardly coincidental.
- Given their past animosity, their simultaneous arrival at the party was hardly coincidental.
- The politician's large donation to the city just weeks before the election is hardly coincidental.
- Many believe it's hardly coincidental that the security cameras malfunctioned during the theft.
- The disappearance of the key evidence from the locked room is hardly coincidental.
- Finding the same rare symbol in all three crime scenes was hardly coincidental for the detective.
- Critics noted that the film's release date, matching a significant historical anniversary, was hardly coincidental.