as in concurrent
existing or occurring at the same period of time
contemporaneous accounts of the battle from officers on both sides
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Recent Examples of contemporaneous
What Duster offers more than anything else are slow-motion sequences of characters walking around in period clothes to contemporaneous songs or nods to period films like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Godfather, but homage is about the extent of this series’s attempt at style.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 May 2025
In this genre-bending work, Ms. Cockerell made the radical decision to remove herself or any kind of narration from the bulk of the book, instead stitching together selections from contemporaneous newspaper articles, journals, and speeches.
—Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 5 May 2025
Accompanying the photos is an installation of contemporaneous ephemera, as well as excerpts of cinema verité-style footage of the band recorded by filmmakers Albert and David Maysles, who were granted access to document the group during their first U.S. visit in February 1964.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
There were no contemporaneous accounts written by Omanis, or written in Arabic, that recorded with such specificity the life and times of Omani tribespeople of that time.
—Chris Wallace, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2025
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 May 2025
In this genre-bending work, Ms. Cockerell made the radical decision to remove herself or any kind of narration from the bulk of the book, instead stitching together selections from contemporaneous newspaper articles, journals, and speeches.
—Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 5 May 2025
Accompanying the photos is an installation of contemporaneous ephemera, as well as excerpts of cinema verité-style footage of the band recorded by filmmakers Albert and David Maysles, who were granted access to document the group during their first U.S. visit in February 1964.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
There were no contemporaneous accounts written by Omanis, or written in Arabic, that recorded with such specificity the life and times of Omani tribespeople of that time.
—Chris Wallace, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2025
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For instance, in 2024, Twitch had an average of 2.38 million concurrent viewers.—
Sergi Cerrato,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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Each Grand Jury Prize winner will receive $2,500; winners may also qualify to enter their respective films in the Short Film category of the Academy Awards® for the concurrent season without a theatrical run.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
26 May 2025
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The sheer number of DNA shifts that must have occurred in rapid succession to create this synchronous outcome also reflects the strong pressure horses were likely under to become fast and tireless.—
Lauren Leffer,
Popular Science,
27 Mar. 2025
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The key lies in a fast oscillating sheet known as a diffuser, onto which synchronous images are projected at high speed (2,880 images per second) and at different heights; human persistence of vision ensures that these images are perceived as true 3D objects.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 Apr. 2025
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With a lockable synchronic-tilt mechanism and special Z-Shape design, the Kaiser 2 can accommodate a weight up to 180kg, quite a bit more than normal mechanisms on office chairs and the back can be reclined to an angle of 160 degrees which can be locked when not in rocking mode.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes,
11 Oct. 2021
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For his last runway collection, unveiled in September, Michele constructed a parallel universe of side-by-side shows separated by a wall that when lifted revealed twins in identical looks in synchronic stride.—
Colleen Barry,
Fortune,
24 Nov. 2022
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The timing of these changes were roughly coincident with clarification of Information Blocking rules and Epic’s introduction of its own competing product.—
Seth Joseph,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2024
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Another suggestion is that there were two more or less coincident eruptions, one each in northern and southern hemispheres.—
Erik Klemetti,
Discover Magazine,
26 July 2011
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The beloved slugger known as Big Papi built this contemporary estate, located in the Pinecrest area of Miami-Dade County, from scratch.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
5 June 2025
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The film’s original soundtrack, including songs by contemporary Ukrainian musical artists such as Serhiy Zhadan, and an original score from composer Frederik van de Moortel, will be released on Spotify on Friday.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
5 June 2025
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Thanks, perhaps, to Mark Twain, who perfected the simultaneous disdain for and fascination with French culture that now typifies the American attitude.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2025
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True robotic intelligence, for instance, requires simultaneous advances across multiple domains.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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This isn't coincidental—up to 35% of entrepreneurs identify as dyslexic, compared to just 10% of the general population.—
Megan Bruneau,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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Jason Lipshutz: The timing is coincidental, but the hard rock world has been starving for new superstars for years, and bands like Sleep Token and Ghost are filling the void.—
Eric Renner Brown,
Billboard,
20 May 2025
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“Contemporaneous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contemporaneous. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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