by coincidence

Idioms and Phrases

Through an accidental simultaneous occurrence, as in By coincidence both researchers discovered the same solution . [Mid-1600s] Also see by chance .

Example Sentences

By coincidence, filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson, a family friend to Brown and Sher, titled his new film “Licorice Pizza.”

From Los Angeles Times

Days before I sat down for my conversation with John Lithgow, and purely by coincidence, I watched “The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension” for the first time in decades.

From Salon

By coincidence, the debate happened on the same date as the publication of a new afterword about the Gaza war in the paperback edition of my book War Made Invisible.

From Salon

But by coincidence, both confrontations seem to be at critical turning points, that moment when it becomes obvious how starkly national interests are diverging — to say nothing of the political interests of three leaders clearly worried about their own hold on power.

From New York Times

By coincidence, Clint Bolick faces a retention vote in November, just as Shawnna Bolick is up for reelection.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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