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as in accompanied
to occur or exist at the same time
the heaviest snowfall of the season coincided with the start of our weeklong ski vacation
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as in corresponded
to be in agreement on every point
the two lists coincide
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as in agreed
to have or come to the same opinion or point of view
their wishes coincide exactly with my desire
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Recent Examples of coincided
His leadership of Amazon’s cloud business has coincided with the AI boom and the remarkable scramble among cloud providers, including Microsoft, Google, and Oracle, to spend eye-popping sums building data centers and other AI infrastructure.
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Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
That shift coincided with declining viewership for his games.
—Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
The only real downside to the Patriots’ draft so far is that their goal of picking positions of need coincided with some runs at those positions.
—Chad Graff, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Coming up in the nineteen-sixties, his childhood coincided with a schism in Black politics.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
More recently, at winter commencement in December, the school awarded him the President’s Medallion, which coincided with the 50th anniversary of Kempthorne earning his bachelor’s degree.
—Idaho Statesman, 25 Apr. 2026
The meeting coincided with the latest session of the Colombia-Venezuela Commission on Neighborhood and Integration, a bilateral forum focused on security, trade and energy cooperation.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
The post-1945 explosion in birth rates coincided with the rise of the television age and the profusion of social science claptrap to serve and soothe a nation anxious in its affluence.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 24 Apr. 2026
The early years of that time period coincided with the onset of the COVID pandemic, where there was little activity of any kind happening.
—Chase Jordan
april 22, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2026
Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
That shift coincided with declining viewership for his games.
—Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
The only real downside to the Patriots’ draft so far is that their goal of picking positions of need coincided with some runs at those positions.
—Chad Graff, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Coming up in the nineteen-sixties, his childhood coincided with a schism in Black politics.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
More recently, at winter commencement in December, the school awarded him the President’s Medallion, which coincided with the 50th anniversary of Kempthorne earning his bachelor’s degree.
—Idaho Statesman, 25 Apr. 2026
The meeting coincided with the latest session of the Colombia-Venezuela Commission on Neighborhood and Integration, a bilateral forum focused on security, trade and energy cooperation.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
The post-1945 explosion in birth rates coincided with the rise of the television age and the profusion of social science claptrap to serve and soothe a nation anxious in its affluence.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 24 Apr. 2026
The early years of that time period coincided with the onset of the COVID pandemic, where there was little activity of any kind happening.
—Chase Jordan
april 22, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coincided
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Hundreds of Russian drones were descending, each the size of a Jet Ski, accompanied by more than a dozen missiles.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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Only an immense draft package could even create a degree of sway, and even then, would have to be accompanied by expiring, non-cap-clogging contracts.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
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McMahon corresponded with his professors.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Two greats of 17th-century math, Blaise Pascal and Pierre de Fermat, corresponded about the problem in a famous series of letters.—
Jack Murtagh,
Scientific American,
19 Apr. 2026
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In exchange for his guilty plea, the court agreed to give Gavin 30 years to life in prison at his sentencing on May 20, said Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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In more validation of Amazon’s chip strategy, Meta said Friday its agreed to deploy at least tens of millions of Graviton cores.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
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The same thing happened with Simply Grand Kitchen and Creamery, which is directly next door to Dunn Deal.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
30 Apr. 2026
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If two Republican state senators had voted differently and done right by the people, a massive and legally dubious redrawing of Florida congressional districts would never have happened.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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According to a person with knowledge of the situation, Foster’s dual roles were reviewed by the National Football League Players Association to make sure the situation conformed with the NFLPA’s regulations governing contract advisors.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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Sharpe said traditionally French cuisine has been looked at as the standard, and chefs have conformed to fit that standard.—
Raisa Habersham,
Miami Herald,
17 Feb. 2026
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Grennell also collaborated extensively with the late Heath Ledger across multiple projects, including The Dark Knight and Brokeback Mountain.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
24 Apr. 2026
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Astrophysicist at California Institute of Technology, collaborated with NASA.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Be sure to use the slider at the bottom of the page if their answers don’t fit the screen on your device.—
Mark Dee
April 29,
Idaho Statesman,
29 Apr. 2026
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Elevators travel to all passenger decks, including the observation deck, and ramps have been fitted to midship doorways leading out to the promenade deck.—
Aaron Saunders,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Apr. 2026
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When Tyler had a birthday, the neighborhood gave him a collective gift that consisted solely of pickleball paraphernalia.—
Scott Maxwell,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Apr. 2026
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Where Days of Ash consisted primarily of songs dedicated to activists who died, including Renée Good and Palestinian No Other Land documentary consultant Awdah Hathaleen, Easter Lily tackles more directly personal territory.—
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Coincided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coincided. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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