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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coincide.

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Examples

  • Strange how my first "family emergency" of the term coincides with the day we're discussing the longest reading I've assigned so far.

    CHE > Latest news 2010

  • "We are already in unusual circumstances because of what has happened to the economy, and my term coincides with two general elections - at Westminster and Holyrood - so we will be thinking hard about our manifesto and what we expect of our politicians."

    unknown title 2009

  • BLITZER: Thousands of normal American citizens, they've got to go through extra screenings, can't get early boarding passes simply because their name coincides with someone else's.

    CNN Transcript Nov 8, 2007 2007

  • When the ancient gloss identifies Zeus as “life,” be - cause his name coincides with the Greek word for life, an element of history enters the interpretation through what may be a false etymology.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas ANGUS FLETCHER 1968

  • The appearance of the phrase coincides with the appearance of the thing; for Richardson was the first sentimentalist.

    Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) Leslie Stephen 1868

  • The call coincides with the release of Fitch's 2011 Outlook report which will be available on Fitch's web site at '

    Fitch Teleconf: 2011 U.S. Healthcare Outlook, Thursday, 1/13 at 11:00am EST - Yahoo! Finance 2011

  • After a hectic weekend, the roads will be quieter during the week before peaking again next weekend, when the end of half-term coincides with Halloween.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Sarah Rainey 2011

  • After a hectic weekend, the roads will be quieter during the week before peaking again next weekend, when the end of half-term coincides with Halloween.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Sarah Rainey 2011

  • This call coincides perfectly with the idea of beheading, making sense that it is like a ritual sacrifice against evil.

    FrontPage Magazine 2010

  • This call coincides perfectly with the idea of beheading, making sense that it is like a ritual sacrifice against evil.

    Jihad Watch 2010

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