How to Use coincidentally in a Sentence
coincidentally
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Perhaps not coincidentally the art is the same robin’s egg blue as the jeweler’s bags.
— New York Times, 20 Oct. 2021 -
Not coincidentally, the Wildcats also faced five third downs of 9 yards or greater.
— Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic, 16 Oct. 2021 -
Not coincidentally, the U.S. also has one of the highest child-poverty rates in the group.
— Greg Ip, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2021 -
Perhaps not coincidentally, there’s been a dramatic surge in the number of men of prime working age who are neither employed nor seeking work.
— Natalie Wexler, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2021 -
That is, not coincidentally, what Watkins does, as the most riveting voice of the unsalvageable West.
— Hillary Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2021 -
That, coincidentally, marked the beginning of the end of Scherzer’s time in D.C.
— Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2021 -
Not coincidentally, many Latinos of note have roots in San Antonio.
— Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Oct. 2021 -
Stewart’s leash in 2022 might coincidentally be the same length of time Stowers needs back in Norfolk.
— Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 7 Oct. 2021 -
The youngest of the Disick siblings, Reign, 6, was coincidentally born on the same exact day as his older brother... five years later!
— Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com, 19 Oct. 2021 -
Those who are left out of virtual worlds are often not so coincidentally underrepresented in virtual-world research and design teams as well.
— Lucy Sparrow, Wired, 19 Oct. 2021 -
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 -
And not coincidentally, the episode ends with the image of Kendall drowning in a swimming pool.
— Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2021 -
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 -
Halloween fell on a Sunday for the first time since 2010 – coincidentally, perhaps, the last time the Packers won the Super Bowl.
— Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2021 -
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 -
Elsbeth has retained Michael Emerson to square off against the series’ titular lawyer — who, coincidentally, just happens to be his real-life wife!
— Claire Franken, TVLine, 20 Oct. 2024 -
Not necessarily coincidentally, losing our management and not having anyone involved until we were done with the record was the best thing that happened at the time.
— Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
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