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coincidental - use in sentences

Preposition: with

  • development: The growing employment of the second understanding of the term peace is not simply coincidental with the development of the peace process.

Modifies a noun

  • similarity: Examination of the arms on the Horn of Leys with those of Portugal certainly suggests more than a coincidental similarity.
  • meeting: No one might have known who they were had it not been for a coincidental meeting in 1999.
  • finding: Cervical polyps are common coincidental findings in women undergoing cervical screening.
  • development: Although coincidental developments, a comparison of the two might provide instructive insights to changing attitudes to Irish migration.
  • circumstance: A twist of plot, which turns on an ironic or coincidental circumstance, is typical of O. Henry's stories " .
  • link: Perhaps I could take the opportunity to give you an update and also add some coincidental links.

Modifying Another Word

  • purely: Any duplication of a first name is purely coincidental.
  • entirely: The parallels are too striking to be entirely coincidental.
  • merely: Or was his presence on the scene merely coincidental?
  • completely: In fact, the spread of birthdays is completely coincidental.
  • probably: It is probably coincidental that life at the Limebrook Way farm site ceased at a time of unprecedented threat to the mighty Roman Empire.
  • quite: The cause for a new type of research is often quite coincidental.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: Final Verdict: It seems too coincidental that every time the monster is on screen, the film is pretty good.

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