strange coincidence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstrangeandcoincidence
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strange
adjective
uk/streɪndʒ/us/streɪndʒ/
unusual and unexpected, or difficult ...
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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 ofstrangeandcoincidencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is astrangecoincidencethat any cut-off level that they would accept would allow them to be represented here, but no one else.
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By astrangecoincidencewe had to have £923 million extra taxation.
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I do not say this as an argument, but it is astrangecoincidence.
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By astrangecoincidence, they are the same faults that you have.
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I may be forgiven for believing that that was astrangecoincidence.
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It is astrangecoincidencethat the wheel seems to have come full circle.
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I do so on rather astrangecoincidence, which illustrates the great complexity of the vehicles required for hauling of timber.
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Is he aware that by astrangecoincidencethe signs were put up two days ago?
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My information is that by astrangecoincidencethis chemist's inefficiency was discovered only after he had criticised the inefficiency of his superior officers.
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This is astrangecoincidence, and should prove a valuable object lesson to brewers.
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By astrangecoincidence, the advertising campaign was timed to appear just before the local government elections.
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To me it is nostrangecoincidencethat stagnant production goes hand in hand with increasing taxation.
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If he finds astrangecoincidence, they are guilty.
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There was astrangecoincidencein the press a few days ago.
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By astrangecoincidence, my subject was exactly the same as his.
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Do you approve of or deprecate that habit, or is it simply astrangecoincidence?
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I might be cynical, but it is perhaps astrangecoincidencethat few complaints are heard from sub-postmasters about the closure of their sub-post offices.
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Yet it might so happen that, by astrangecoincidence, it would have that effect.
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It may be, of course, an entire coincidence, but it is astrangecoincidencethat this should have happened at this particular moment.
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I am not saying that they act in a dual capacity, but there is astrangecoincidence.
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