as in coincidently
at one and the same time the final stages of the Napoleonic Wars were fought coincidentally with the U.S.-British conflict known as the War of 1812

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“Coincidentally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coincidentally. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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