as in concurrent
existing or occurring at the same period of time
a simultaneous release of the movie and its soundtrack on CD
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Recent Examples of simultaneous
As reported, last April Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026 unveiled the Olympics and Paralympics torch via two simultaneous events at the Triennale Milano museum here and at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan.
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Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 15 July 2025
What really caught my attention was Silicon Valley's self-narrative, of course, was a place that was endlessly optimistic and yet there was a simultaneous subculture of people spending larger and larger sums to build bunkers and getaway plans.
—Frank Langfitt, NPR, 22 June 2025
Quantum models perform simultaneous evaluations of multiple pathways, rather than testing them sequentially.
—Sadhasivam Mohanadas, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
The presence of an American stealth warship in Japan—a U.S. ally—comes after China's simultaneous deployment of two aircraft carriers last month on the eastern side of the first island chain, a U.S. defensive line comprising Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines in the western Pacific.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
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Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 15 July 2025
What really caught my attention was Silicon Valley's self-narrative, of course, was a place that was endlessly optimistic and yet there was a simultaneous subculture of people spending larger and larger sums to build bunkers and getaway plans.
—Frank Langfitt, NPR, 22 June 2025
Quantum models perform simultaneous evaluations of multiple pathways, rather than testing them sequentially.
—Sadhasivam Mohanadas, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
The presence of an American stealth warship in Japan—a U.S. ally—comes after China's simultaneous deployment of two aircraft carriers last month on the eastern side of the first island chain, a U.S. defensive line comprising Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines in the western Pacific.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for simultaneous
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The concurrent blazes killed 30 people and destroyed more than 16,200 buildings – compared to 85 and 18,800 for the Camp inferno, which wiped out the Northern California town of Paradise.—
Jorge L. Ortiz,
USA Today,
22 July 2025
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In Father of the Bride Part II, Annie (played by Kimberly Williams-Paisley) and her mom Nina (portrayed by Diane Keaton) also have concurrent pregnancies.—
Luke Chinman,
People.com,
22 July 2025
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That’s highly synchronous, resulting in many, many animals making that migration simultaneously.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
23 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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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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“Simultaneous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/simultaneous. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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