coincidence
noun/koʊˈɪnsɪdəns/
Frequency rank: #4,417 most common English word
Meaning
a remarkable occurrence of events happening at the same time by chance.
Example sentence
It was a strange coincidence that we both arrived at the airport at the same time.
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