contemporaneous
adjective
con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous
kən-ˌtem-pə-ˈrā-nē-əs 
: existing, occurring, or originating during the same time
social and political events that were contemporaneous with each other
contemporaneously
adverb
contemporaneousness
noun
Examples of contemporaneous in a Sentence
the contemporaneous publication of the two articles
contemporaneous accounts of the battle from officers on both sides
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These films were contemporaneous with Nollywood movies, which also got a lot of play at the shop.
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Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
30 June 2026
Fewer than forty contemporaneous documents referring to Vermeer have been discovered across various archives, which scholars have used to sketch out the thin shape of a life.
—
Clare Bucknell,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
These films were contemporaneous with Nollywood movies, which also got a lot of play at the shop.
—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The New York Review of Books,
21 June 2026
When a writer has obviously taken contemporaneous notes, the stories read as if they’ve been written from the inside instead of the outside, and the observations are original and immediate.
—
Cheri Lucas Rowlands,
Longreads,
11 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for contemporaneous
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“Contemporaneous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contemporaneous. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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contemporaneous
adjective
con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous
kən-ˌtem-pə-ˈrā-nē-əs
: existing, occurring, or beginning during the same time
contemporaneously
adverb
contemporaneousness
noun
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