mere coincidence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmereandcoincidence
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mere
adjective[before noun]
uk/mɪər/us/mɪr/
used to emphasize that something is not large ...
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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 ofmereandcoincidencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmere coincidence
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This illustration is therefore considered a clear case of convergence, not amerecoincidence.
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Is itmerecoincidencethat his philosophy commanded the heights for a generation and appeared to all contemporaries as the consummation of the movement?
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Systematic processes rather thanmerecoincidencemay lead to exaptation.
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The conjunction of these two events was notmerecoincidence.
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However, the representation of two different ballgames on the same murals cannot bemerecoincidence.
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This is because, if flaws 1 and 2 were avoided by considering only a single observation, the surprise becomes logically indistinguishable frommerecoincidence.
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It would be necessary to explain these similarities asmerecoincidence.
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The parallels between elite kitchens and vernacular houses cannot be dismissed asmerecoincidence.
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This is nomerecoincidencein the view of feminists.
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The timing was nomerecoincidence.
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Indeed, the correspondences do not refer only to text framework, but also to contents, a circumstance than precludesmerecoincidence, and this common reference to consecrated trees is disturbing.
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Can this bemerecoincidence?
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I believe so: it is nomerecoincidencethat the local and national focus has dominated theoretical perspectives, heritage and much national politics during the same period.
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It is amerecoincidencethat the shares may have gone up.
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Is it amerecoincidencethat one of these officers was ordered away the very day that the inquiry ceased?
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The significance of this circumstance is remarkable and there is more than amerecoincidencein this relation of unemployment to direct taxation.
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It cannot be amerecoincidencethat nearly all crimes of violence are committed by men, often against women.
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Each of them—and it cannot bemerecoincidence—had something to say about unemployment and its attendant problems.
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I do not think it ismerecoincidencethat the same things have occurred to both of us.
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