noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
happy coincidence
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By a happy coincidence , James was also in town that weekend.
mere coincidence
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It can’t be a mere coincidence that they left at the same time.
pure coincidence
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It was pure coincidence that I arrived on the same plane.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
curious
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Was it relevant to his enquiry, or just a curious coincidence ?
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By curious coincidence , the suitable candidates are somehow always chaps.
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Lagutin was the subject of a curious coincidence the following day.
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It was just a curious coincidence that Hatton had been killed on the day following that of Mrs Fanshawe's regaining consciousness.
happy
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This is either some magic geometry of which I know nothing or it is a happy coincidence .
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Viable recycling depends on a happy coincidence of materials costs, labour costs and technology.
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By a happy coincidence , the date was Richard Branson's birthday.
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It was simply a happy coincidence that it sounded like an insult!
just
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Is it the magic of the goldfish or just coincidence ?
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Is it just coincidence that the previous chancellor was fond of a spritzer?
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I expect it's just coincidence .
mere
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I didn't tell him about the handbill I had found; indeed, I quickly dismissed that as a mere coincidence .
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Another mere coincidence , say school officials, adding that Tarkanian was adamant about having such a watchdog on staff.
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Logic suggests this can not be reduced to mere coincidence .
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It has happened too often to me to be mere coincidence .
pure
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It is pure coincidence that the date of his birthday was 1st April.
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Whether it was pure coincidence or something deeper in his make-up, Fran had no idea.
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Of course, I realised that it was an example of pure coincidence and that there could be nothing more to it.
remarkable
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I forgot all about Svetlana until 1989 when a remarkable coincidence brought us together again.
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Quite a remarkable coincidence , isn't it?
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The identity of this woman is known by a remarkable coincidence .
sheer
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By sheer coincidence Kappa Crucis lies at the edge of the dark nebula known as the Coal Sack.
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By sheer coincidence the three accounts mentioned had all placed significant orders just before the board meeting.
strange
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By strange coincidence , two retiring Prime Ministers stayed at Chiswick House prior to their death, each at the age of fifty-seven.
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Speakeasy 2001 It's the strangest coincidence .
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Horne sniggered to himself. Strange coincidence , the same place where Whitton had met his death.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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By a strange coincidence the king was assassinated on the very spot where his grandfather had been killed.
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Hi Phil. What a coincidence -- we were just talking about you.
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It was a coincidence that three earthquakes happened across the world in one week.
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It was just a coincidence that we were in Paris at the same time.
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My mother is called Anna, and by coincidence my wife's mother is called Anna too.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After all, the coincidence could not be expected to occur so neatly every 150 million years.
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It is regarded as a purely natural phenomenon which, by an unusual coincidence , occurs in the walls of their convent.
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We were all linked in a vast and rhythmic coincidence , a daisy chain of rumor, suspicion and secret wish.
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What was the probability - the unvarnished statistical likelihood - of such a coincidence ?