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as in accompanying
present at the same time and place
the hard economic times and the coincident increase in crime were a double strain on the city's social services
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as in coinciding
occupying the same space
a study to determine whether the areas with the highest family incomes were coincident with the locations boasting the highest percentage of college graduates
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as in synchronous
existing or occurring at the same period of time
coincident changes in the region's demographic makeup that were little noted at the time
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Recent Examples of coincident
Approximately coincident with this article’s publication, Amazon blocked sales of the Flipper Zero and Brazil banned all imports of the device.
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Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Apr. 2023
The tendency of policymakers to date has been to view the harms from internet platforms not as systemic, but as a series of coincident issues.
—Roger McNamee, Wired, 24 July 2021
Several of our hottest summers in the past decade have been coincident with developing La Niñas.
—Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2020
The researchers say the onset of rapid warming at the summit is coincident with a weakening and shifting in the polar vortex that began in the mid-1980s.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 15 Apr. 2013
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Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Apr. 2023
The tendency of policymakers to date has been to view the harms from internet platforms not as systemic, but as a series of coincident issues.
—Roger McNamee, Wired, 24 July 2021
Several of our hottest summers in the past decade have been coincident with developing La Niñas.
—Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2020
The researchers say the onset of rapid warming at the summit is coincident with a weakening and shifting in the polar vortex that began in the mid-1980s.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 15 Apr. 2013
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coincident
Adjective
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Even prior to the recent military operations and the accompanying suspicious bets, accusations of insider trading on Polymarket had begun to surface.—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
27 Mar. 2026
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Soon after came the accompanying podcast, which shot to the top of the iTunes charts within weeks of its first episode in 2016.—
Séamas O'Reilly,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
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Anakeesta in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, is launching a Nighttime Firefly Experience inspired by the Smoky Mountains’ rare synchronous fireflies.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Mar. 2026
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Kairos can deliver up to 330 pounds (150 kilograms) of payload to sun-synchronous orbit, according to Space One.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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The underlying facts of the case are still to be ruled on, but the partial ruling on Friday was a big win for immigration advocates who had been fighting to shut down the controversial site.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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The Kansas City Chiefs’ planned $3 billion stadium in Wyandotte County cleared a major hurdle on Friday, when the Kansas Legislature passed a bill creating a sports authority and renewing the underlying incentive program that will finance the megaproject.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
28 Mar. 2026
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On the digital side, MPA notes that JioHotstar recently surpassed 70 million concurrent users during the ICC T20 World Cup finals, with further viewership records expected in the 2026 IPL season.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2026
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Disney+, however, supports four concurrent streams.—
Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
19 Mar. 2026
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Meta’s project is transforming Richland Parish into a chaotic boomtown almost overnight, with attendant winners and losers.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
26 Mar. 2026
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That intimate setup suits the candid subject matter of the new record, whose incubation—and attendant health scare—is among the topics explored in Philip Sherburne’s recent profile, Bill Callahan Laughs at Death.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
24 Mar. 2026
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For his last runway collection, unveiled in September, Michele constructed a parallel universe of side-by-side shows separated by a wall that when lifted revealed twins in identical looks in synchronic stride.—
Colleen Barry,
Fortune,
24 Nov. 2022
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With a lockable synchronic-tilt mechanism and special Z-Shape design, the Kaiser 2 can accommodate a weight up to 180kg, quite a bit more than normal mechanisms on office chairs and the back can be reclined to an angle of 160 degrees which can be locked when not in rocking mode.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes,
11 Oct. 2021
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Further to the further, the council should ensure there is a firm commitment in terms of housing and the associated retail that appeared in the original plans.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2026
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Shein will leverage traceability mechanisms to track SAF usage and associated emissions reductions.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
25 Mar. 2026
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While calling it coincidental, Picollo noted that last season’s outfield production was among the least productive in baseball even as KC’s infield — including Perez at catcher — was among the most prolific groups in more than a dozen categories.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
27 Mar. 2026
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The timing is not coincidental.—
Thomas Wright,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Coincident.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coincident. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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