sheer coincidence

collocation in English

meaningsofsheerandcoincidence

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sheer
adjective
uk
/ʃɪər/us
/ʃɪr/
used to emphasize how very great, important, or powerful a quality or feeling is; ...
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coincidence
noun
uk
/kəʊˈɪn.sɪ.dəns/us
/koʊˈɪn.sɪ.dəns/
an occasion when two or more similar things happen at the same time, especially in a way that is unlikely ...
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(Definition ofsheerandcoincidencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsheer coincidence

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This could naturally be a matter ofsheercoincidence.
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This sort of correspondence is expected on an embodied account, whereas it issheercoincidenceif cognition is based on abstract symbols stripped of perceptual qualities.
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Bysheercoincidence, a farmer friend of mine has just returned from there and has told me about this work.
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Bysheercoincidence, inspection was my next point.
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Bysheercoincidencewe got what we wanted, which meant that others did not get what they wanted.
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Yet when she became the chairperson, bysheercoincidence, she decided that the strategy was acceptable and proceeded to defend it.
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It issheercoincidencethat the exercise took place a month before a genuine outbreak, but coincidence it is.
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Is it justsheercoincidencethat every time there was a prospect of a negotiated peace an incident would be created?
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Thesheercoincidenceof the writer meeting up with his scripts in another country at random could only be described as serendipity.
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Chandra shows no interest, but bysheercoincidenceloses one of her male workers at that moment.
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