as in contemporaries
a person who lives at the same time or is about the same age as another
somewhat surprisingly, Saint Patrick and Attila the Hun were coevals
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contemporaries
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Vikas Sivaraman’s cinematography tries its best to eschew the overexposed, airbrushed look of its contemporaries.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
13 Sep. 2025 -
Alongside contemporaries including tourmate Zach Top, Worthington has played a key role in reinvigorating modern country music with a sterling shot of old-school country sounds.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Coevals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coevals. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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