curious coincidence

collocation in English

meaningsofcuriousandcoincidence

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curious
adjective
uk
/ˈkjʊə.ri.əs/us
/ˈkjʊr.i.əs/
interested in learning about people or things ...
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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 ofcuriousandcoincidencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is acuriouscoincidencethat none of the three relevant authors spell out the motivation for their decisions in any detail.
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To say the least of it, this is acuriouscoincidence.
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I am saying that it is acuriouscoincidence.
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It is acuriouscoincidencethat the last attempt was made in 1917 in the course of a war.
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It is acuriouscoincidencethat it always seems to reduce the figures presented.
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In the following year, 1924, the number of plays submitted was 618, and by acuriouscoincidencethe same number, nine, were refused licences.
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That is so, and it is acuriouscoincidence.
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By acuriouscoincidencethat figure is almost the same as that of the gross capital formation of the whole of private manufacturing industry.
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By somecuriouscoincidence, my recommendations have invariably suggested that it should be extended into my constituency.
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It is acuriouscoincidencethat that happens to be the period of the highest level of inflation in our history.
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It is therefore not acuriouscoincidencethat last year the pay review body's recommendations were accepted unchanged in the run-up to the general election.
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That, by acuriouscoincidence, proved to be the one area of which he has special knowledge.
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By acuriouscoincidencethe next day he was elected and all was well.
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The duty that falls to me this afternoon strikes acuriouscoincidence.
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The fact remains—it is a verycuriouscoincidence, at any rate—that directly you cut down the subsidy you found the cost of housing rapidly decreasing.
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That is acuriouscoincidence, and it shows the danger of the thing.
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It is acuriouscoincidencethat, in 1963–64, it was said that 99 people had an income of over £100,000, and exactly the same figure applied in 1937–38.
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But it would have been a verycuriouscoincidenceif 77 people out of 600 who met that violent death in 12 months had written to me.
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What was thecuriouscoincidenceof times?
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By acuriouscoincidenceof figures, in 1955, there were 1,955 of what we previously thought of as cases for sheltered employment, who went out into open employment straight away.
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