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Before I Fall
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Steve is steadying her, using one arm to keep her on her feet, but he's having a conversation with Liz Hummer (her real name—and, coincidentally, her car) like Elody isn't even there, much less rubbing on him.†
p. 66.4
For a moment my stomach clenches, thinking she's making fun of me, but it's a coincidence.†
p. 77.6 *

coincidence = a situation where things happened at the same time by chance even though it was unlikely
And I think of all the thousands of billions of steps and missteps and chances and coincidences that have brought me here, facing Kent, holding a pink-and-cream-swirled rose, and it feels like the biggest miracle in the world.†
p. 365.4

coincidences = situations where things happened at the same time by chance even though they were unlikely
A MIRACLE OF CHANCE AND COINCIDENCE, PART I†
p. 421.3

coincidence = a situation where things happened at the same time by chance even though it was unlikely
And very, very rarely—by some miracle of chance and coincidence, butterflies beating their wings just so and all the threads hanging together for a minute—you get the chance to do the right thing.†
p. 426.2
A MIRACLE OF CHANCE AND COINCIDENCE, PART II†
p. 463.3

Definitions:

(1) (coincidence)
a situation where two things happened at the same time or in the same way by chance even though it was unlikely
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Much more rarely coincidence can refer to things coinciding (occurring or operating at the same place or time). For example:
- the coincidence of a target and cross hairs
- the coincidence of entangled particles in quantum physics