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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Recent Examples of coincidentally The reason the two don't always sync—and sometime coincidentally do—is based on the two different calendars. Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024 Now, Ramos is six seasons into his career with the Carolina Panthers (a team that, coincidentally, boasts the league's only Latino-heritage head coach in Dave Canales, as of this writing). Alan Chazaro, NPR, 21 Dec. 2024 It was inscribed with a wedding date, Dec. 15, 1928, which coincidentally, was the same day Mr. Hall and Ms. Smith were married — 96 years later. John Otis, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024 Simmons says the groups coincidentally met a Manhattan jewelry store. Dan Duggan, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for coincidentally 

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“Coincidentally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coincidentally. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.

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