coincidentally
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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Perhaps not coincidentally, valuation multiples tend to trail those of American companies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
Not coincidentally, these were major oil sources for China.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026
The director showed up at the very end of the Olympics, coincidentally just in time for the gold medal match.
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026
And in 2015, the year before the Rams moved: “This marks the 20th year without a franchise in the nation’s second-largest market and, coincidentally, the 20th consecutive year I’ve asked this question …”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2026
It was there that he first saw my mother, who coincidentally had come to my father’s mosque to officially take her shahaadah, or declaration of faith.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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