coincidentally
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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They recall those August days in Washington, where Ukrainian specialists had come to demonstrate their expertise and had simulated, coincidentally, an Iranian attack on Qatar.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
Not coincidentally, these were major oil sources for China.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026
Funnily enough, I recently said something similar about Amanda Seyfried, who coincidentally had a 2025 that mirrored Fanning’s.
From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026
Not coincidentally, dynamic real enterprise often plays by looser, “fake it till you make it” rules.
From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026
Pudge had been a cabin boy in his youth and, coincidentally, had served on a ship captained by the famed Admiral Percival Racine Ashton himself.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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