remarkable coincidence

collocation in English

meaningsofremarkableandcoincidence

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remarkable
adjective
uk
/rɪˈmɑː.kə.bəl/
us
/rɪˈmɑːr.kə.bəl/
unusual or special and therefore surprising and ...
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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 ofremarkableandcoincidencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This would be aremarkablecoincidenceif they were completely independent.
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Considering the rough method of calculation, the agreement between measurement and prediction is, to say the least, aremarkablecoincidence.
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I should say it is aremarkablecoincidence.
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Is he satisfied that it is only aremarkablecoincidence?
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It is aremarkablecoincidence—if we look through the national accounts—that whenever company profits reach a new peak the national accounts reach a new depth.
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That is either a political judgment of the accounting officer or aremarkablecoincidence.
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If it was not, then it was aremarkablecoincidence.
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Is it not aremarkablecoincidencethat this great truth should be revealed exactly four weeks after the election?
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He said that there is aremarkablecoincidencein the undulations of those curves.
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They did not have a pre-election boom in spending, but by aremarkablecoincidence, they had a pre-election forecast of increases to come.
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It is aremarkablecoincidencethat immediately we put on a tariff this particular tariff should be trebled.
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No man can say that it is a case of cause and effect, but it was, at any rate, a veryremarkablecoincidence.
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It is aremarkablecoincidencehow their views on the national interest and their own private interests appear to coincide.
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There is oneremarkablecoincidencein their remarks.
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I do not complain of that, but it is aremarkablecoincidencethat the complaints have come from all quarters.
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It is perhaps aremarkablecoincidenceor a devious design that, in fact, this report covers all those interests.
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By aremarkablecoincidence, the amount of underspend in the time between when we left office and now is also £1·25 billion.
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It is rather aremarkablecoincidence.
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I was told that there was never any intention that it should be so; it was just aremarkablecoincidencethat it seemed to happen that way every year.
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