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Definition

to be similar — especially to happen at the same time or place

The two events coincided

coincided = happened at the same time

The interests of our countries coincide.

coincide = are similar

The publication of the book will coincide with the 10th anniversary of the event.

coincide = happen at the same time

I could not be happy with a man whose taste did not in every point coincide with my own.
Jane Austen -- Sense and Sensibility
They have heard that the Russians are advancing, and the uprising was planned to coincide with their arrival, to assist them in liberating the camp.
Heather Morris -- The Tattooist of Auschwitz

coincide = occur at the same time

Hanukkah and St. Nicholas Day nearly coincided this year; they were only one day apart.
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl

coincided = happened at the same time

Time passes, and gradually our breathing begins to coincide just as it did this morning.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Notebook

coincide = correspond

The attention paid to the team as a result of their victory coincided with a backlash against immigrants in Arizona.
Joshua Davis -- Spare Parts
By the light of the lantern I saw the butt twist slowly around till its sides coincided with the sides of the step.
Jack London -- Sea Wolf
But how seldom two imaginations coincide!
Saul Bellow -- The Adventures of Augie March
"When you and I speak, our speech rhythms will begin to coincide in a process called alignment," he said.
Robert MacNeil and William Crane -- Do You Speak American?
There we'll keep our hands busy in a new, independent nation, whose hopes coincide with our own.
Barbara Kingsolver -- The Poisonwood Bible
In no city did these two briefings coincide.
John Howard Griffin -- Black Like Me
If Gerald coincided, he would give her a lift in his dailyhansom, the same generally; in summer the cabby wore a red carnation.
Virginia Woolf -- A Sketch of the Past
For her admissions never exactly coincided with his doubts.
Marcel Proust -- Swann's Way
It is only with their mind that I can deal and only for my own self interest, when they see that my interest coincides with theirs.
Ayn Rand -- Atlas Shrugged
In short, Mr. Ambassador, your explanation of last Friday does not coincide with the facts we have physically established.
Tom Clancy -- The Hunt for Red October
The story is a long period of silence coinciding with Cain's inactivity.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Identity
"I am honored," he began, "that my coronation coincides with our most revered holiday.
Marissa Meyer -- Cinder
Our opinions may not exactly coincide but we can still discuss the matter peaceably.
Eugene Ionesco -- Rhinoceros

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