How to Use coincidentally in a Sentence

coincidentally

adverb
  • Not coincidentally, Jones emerged as a polished, all-around player.
    Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Not coincidentally, maybe, these are the two tracks that come off as quasi-funky, even danceable, due to White leaving a lot of room for bass lines around the samples.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Apr. 2022
  • The family had lodging just across the street from the arena, coincidentally where the Bucks were staying.
    Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2022
  • This is by far the liveliest episode of the series so far, and perhaps not coincidentally the one with the most actual basketball in our basketball show.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Kid Rock, not coincidentally, has an album out today, and the interview started like a typical chat with a musician.
    Bill Goodykoontz, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2022
  • The Tar Heels are tied for the most runner-up finishes with, coincidentally, Kansas and Duke.
    NBC News, 5 Apr. 2022
  • One element that coincidentally connects the statue to more current events is some silk used in the dress, a certain type of silk that was hard to track down and ultimately arrived from Ukraine.
    Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Rock, not coincidentally, has an album out today, and the interview started like a typical interview with a musician.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Not coincidentally, the team had the fewest wins (six) in the WNBA.
    Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Apr. 2022
  • The two even coincidentally wore game day looks with similar, sweet nods to their men out on the field.
    Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Cheryl was heading to the seventh floor of the hotel, and, coincidentally, so were Preet and his party.
    Francesca Street, CNN, 25 Oct. 2022
  • It’s also the most points the Bengals have allowed since last year’s loss to the Jets, which coincidentally was on Halloween as well.
    cleveland, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Alaska is first mentioned in the 1948 edition of the Green Book, not coincidentally the same year that the Alcan Highway opened to the public.
    David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 22 May 2022
  • And one night, every woman in the restaurant coincidentally needed a drink at the same time George Clooney pulled up a barstool.
    Claire Ballor, Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The bond deepened when Alex chose Wake Forest to play his college golf and coincidentally, Annabelle picked the school as well.
    Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2022
  • The entire ad is about the new angle, i.e., a triangle, which coincidentally is the same shape of a Doritos chip.
    Kimberly A. Whitler, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Both of those teams, coincidentally, had similar experiences with the Fall Classic in The Town — agony in the 70s, joy in the 90s.
    Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The most famous prison island in history might be, coincidentally, one of the largest islands in the world.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Not coincidentally, the Dodgers are 3-3 over those six games.
    Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 4 July 2024
  • On that list, Hazbin Hotel season one opens at No. 13–coincidentally in the same spot.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
  • And much of it has come from REI which, coincidentally, is having a huge secret hiking sale right now.
    Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The album will be released on May 13, which, coincidentally, is almost 20 years to the day of the anniversary of their first album.
    Spin Staff, SPIN, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The squirrel turned up at three different games in the 2011 series against the Phillies, and, coincidentally or not, the Cardinals won the series, then went on to win the World Series.
    Victor Mather, New York Times, 16 May 2024
  • If that kind of rush is your catnip, buy a Phantom now, because the specter of an electric Rolls-Royce (which, coincidentally, will be called the Spectre) looms as large as the car itself.
    Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2023
  • And, quite coincidentally, Grey was, at the time, living next door to Winona Ryder (whom Depp dated after her).
    Jason Sheeler, PEOPLE.com, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Not so coincidentally, Vietnam, which had not appeared on the global AI research list and rankings before, jumped to the 26th worldwide in the same year.
    Cindy Gordon, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Louis and Tampa Bay—coincidentally have the oldest rosters in the eight-team field with an average age well over 28.
    Laine Higgins, WSJ, 25 May 2022
  • Hazel’s has been serving hearty breakfasts to hungry beachcombers since 1957, which, coincidentally, is the year I was born.
    Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al, 27 July 2023
  • The septet has, coincidentally, broken into the region with seven albums reaching somewhere between Nos. 1 and 10, many of which hit the summit.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Green, which has become a color so synonymous with the Eagles, is coincidentally the color of Corinthians’ fierce rival, Palmeiras.
    Thomas Schlachter, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024

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