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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Not coincidentally, this default has a lot in common with Anthropic’s own branding—beigey backgrounds, off-red highlight colors, big typefaces, lots of serifs and underlines.
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Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
24 June 2026
Perhaps not coincidentally, by the millennium, the number of farms operated primarily by women was rising and women were increasingly active in everything from driving tractors to advocating for farmers’ interests.
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Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
23 June 2026
As of Friday morning, the Tartan Army had already purchased more than 8,000 tickets for Monday night’s Marlins game against the Texas Rangers at loanDepot Park (coincidentally, the same team that played the Red Sox the night the Scots were at Fenway Park).
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Miami Herald,
19 June 2026
This season, the Knicks have cruised through the NBA Playoffs, winning 13 games in a row heading into Monday night’s Game 3 — the first NBA Finals game at Madison Square Garden since Game 5 of the 1999 NBA Finals, when the Knicks coincidentally lost to the Spurs.
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Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
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Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
24 June 2026
Perhaps not coincidentally, by the millennium, the number of farms operated primarily by women was rising and women were increasingly active in everything from driving tractors to advocating for farmers’ interests.
—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
23 June 2026
As of Friday morning, the Tartan Army had already purchased more than 8,000 tickets for Monday night’s Marlins game against the Texas Rangers at loanDepot Park (coincidentally, the same team that played the Red Sox the night the Scots were at Fenway Park).
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Miami Herald,
19 June 2026
This season, the Knicks have cruised through the NBA Playoffs, winning 13 games in a row heading into Monday night’s Game 3 — the first NBA Finals game at Madison Square Garden since Game 5 of the 1999 NBA Finals, when the Knicks coincidentally lost to the Spurs.
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Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
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Baltimore had coincidently fallen 17 points below its scoring average, and the Ravens fell to 1-3 for the first time since 2015 — a campaign that ended with a 5-11 record.
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In Oshkosh, Franki runs a foundation that fights teen suicide and, coincidently, the office space sits in an old George Webb location.
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The sentences will run concurrently, and Rullan was also ordered to pay $20,000 in fines.
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The old zones will remain in effect concurrently with the new zones.
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And this option from Amazon is on sale now for Prime members, which covers over 200 countries and regions and can charge up to six devices simultaneously.
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The event simultaneously marks the international cultural diplomacy organization’s 25th anniversary.
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“Coincidentally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coincidentally. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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