How to Use coincidentally in a Sentence
coincidentally
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Brown's ruling was coincidentally issued on George's birthday.
— CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024 -
Not coincidentally, the team had the fewest wins (six) in the WNBA.
— Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Apr. 2022 -
Not coincidentally, the Rams have won four games in a row and clinched a playoff spot.
— Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2022 -
The two even coincidentally wore game day looks with similar, sweet nods to their men out on the field.
— Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 18 Dec. 2023 -
Cheryl was heading to the seventh floor of the hotel, and, coincidentally, so were Preet and his party.
— Francesca Street, CNN, 25 Oct. 2022 -
It’s also the most points the Bengals have allowed since last year’s loss to the Jets, which coincidentally was on Halloween as well.
— cleveland, 1 Nov. 2022 -
Alaska is first mentioned in the 1948 edition of the Green Book, not coincidentally the same year that the Alcan Highway opened to the public.
— David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 22 May 2022 -
And one night, every woman in the restaurant coincidentally needed a drink at the same time George Clooney pulled up a barstool.
— Claire Ballor, Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2023 -
The bond deepened when Alex chose Wake Forest to play his college golf and coincidentally, Annabelle picked the school as well.
— Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2022 -
Not coincidentally, maybe, these are the two tracks that come off as quasi-funky, even danceable, due to White leaving a lot of room for bass lines around the samples.
— Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Apr. 2022 -
The entire ad is about the new angle, i.e., a triangle, which coincidentally is the same shape of a Doritos chip.
— Kimberly A. Whitler, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023 -
The Bucks, coincidentally, will be between home games on April 1 and April 3.
— Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2022 -
Xander Schauffele was the only one to play the North, and perhaps not coincidentally, the only one to break par (68).
— Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2022 -
Both of those teams, coincidentally, had similar experiences with the Fall Classic in The Town — agony in the 70s, joy in the 90s.
— Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024 -
Two, coincidentally, is also the number of wins that the Utah Jazz have in their last eleven games heading into this month.
— Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Feb. 2022 -
The most famous prison island in history might be, coincidentally, one of the largest islands in the world.
— Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2023 -
Not coincidentally, the Dodgers are 3-3 over those six games.
— Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 4 July 2024 -
On that list, Hazbin Hotel season one opens at No. 13–coincidentally in the same spot.
— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024 -
And much of it has come from REI which, coincidentally, is having a huge secret hiking sale right now.
— Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2023 -
The family had lodging just across the street from the arena, coincidentally where the Bucks were staying.
— Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2022 -
The album will be released on May 13, which, coincidentally, is almost 20 years to the day of the anniversary of their first album.
— Spin Staff, SPIN, 27 Apr. 2022 -
The squirrel turned up at three different games in the 2011 series against the Phillies, and, coincidentally or not, the Cardinals won the series, then went on to win the World Series.
— Victor Mather, New York Times, 16 May 2024 -
Zoom in: Richmond Twitter doesn't cuss enough to be in the top swearing cities, but Hampton — which coincidentally has the world's largest naval station — does.
— Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 16 Sep. 2024 -
Maybe not entirely coincidentally, Swift has been a big presence on all three shows, winning video of the year each time.
— Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2024 -
The Tar Heels are tied for the most runner-up finishes with, coincidentally, Kansas and Duke.
— NBC News, 5 Apr. 2022 -
If that kind of rush is your catnip, buy a Phantom now, because the specter of an electric Rolls-Royce (which, coincidentally, will be called the Spectre) looms as large as the car itself.
— Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2023 -
And, quite coincidentally, Grey was, at the time, living next door to Winona Ryder (whom Depp dated after her).
— Jason Sheeler, PEOPLE.com, 21 Apr. 2022 -
Not so coincidentally, Vietnam, which had not appeared on the global AI research list and rankings before, jumped to the 26th worldwide in the same year.
— Cindy Gordon, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023 -
Louis and Tampa Bay—coincidentally have the oldest rosters in the eight-team field with an average age well over 28.
— Laine Higgins, WSJ, 25 May 2022 -
The country with the shortest kidney waitlist in the world is Iran, which not coincidentally is the only country that currently allows compensation.
— Dylan Matthews, Vox, 18 Sep. 2024
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