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coincidence
/koʊˈɪn·sɪ·dəns/, /-səˌdens/ n [C/U] Definition
› an occasion when two or more things happen at the same time, esp. in a way that is unexpected or unlikely, or the unlikely fact of such things happening at the same time:
[C] Was our meeting here a coincidence?
[U] By coincidence, both teams happen to be coached by men.
(Definition of coincidence n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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