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as in concurrent
existing or occurring at the same period of time
the absurd notion that early cave dwellers were contemporary with the dinosaurs
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2
as in modern
being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles
a magazine devoted to contemporary fashions
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as in companion
a person who lives at the same time or is about the same age as another
Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were exact contemporaries, actually being born on the same day in 1809
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Recent Examples of contemporary
Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025
The Yokai Art Museum runs an open competition for contemporary entities, which were recently compiled in a book.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 16 June 2025
Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 21 May 2025
Selling for about $20,000 in 1972—roughly the same as a Ferrari Daytona or Lamborghini Jarama—Maserati’s original Ghibli has never attained the market value of its contemporaries that have a horse or bull on the hood.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 7 May 2025
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Adjective
BritBox has green-lit a six-part contemporary adaptation of Agatha Christie‘s Tommy & Tuppence.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025
The Yokai Art Museum runs an open competition for contemporary entities, which were recently compiled in a book.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 16 June 2025
Noun
Other contemporaries of these animals included large cephalopods such as giant squid, as well as huge sea scorpions.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 21 May 2025
Selling for about $20,000 in 1972—roughly the same as a Ferrari Daytona or Lamborghini Jarama—Maserati’s original Ghibli has never attained the market value of its contemporaries that have a horse or bull on the hood.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contemporary
Adjective
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As inference scales further, whether to serve multiple concurrent requests or handle ultra-long context, utilizing high-performance, non-volatile memory express, solid state drives (NVMe SSDs) for KV cache storage will become inevitable.—
Abel Gordon,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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At the time, the contract conversations with both players were occurring on concurrent tracks.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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Art Nouveau Brass Mirror This brass mirror from the 1960s blends modern trends with antique materials.—
Shea Simmons,
Southern Living,
7 June 2025
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Beneath this green canopy lies a modern transport facility equipped to handle high-speed rail and daily commuters, while above, the original 1907 station has been meticulously reconstructed as a cultural landmark.—
Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
Noun
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That’s because her daughter and sometime musical companion Willow had cooked up her own homebrew tribute to the Great White Way.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
10 June 2025
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The Tribeca offerings include the Miley Cyrus film, a visual companion to her new album.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
10 June 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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Over at Brooks’s, Shai comes over and teaches him how to use his new sewing machine, which is a fascinating dynamic because Shai is an agent’s assistant while Brooks is a clothing designer.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
18 June 2025
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The live show should tide your kids over until then—and there are also new videos released on YouTube every week.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
17 June 2025
Noun
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The song co-produced by Lorde and Jim-E Stack — her main collaborator on the upcoming Virgin album due out on June 27 — builds from the alluring, subtle bass accompaniment to a noisy rumble as burbling keyboards and distant drums bubble up alongside cello from Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
29 May 2025
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Patriotic tunes from the symphony, sometimes with vocal accompaniment, led up to Tchaikovsky’s overture, complete with blasting cannons, to usher in more blasts from a fireworks show that lit up the sky over the Liberty Memorial tower.—
Chris Ochsner,
Kansas City Star,
26 May 2025
Adjective
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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
Noun
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His wife and artistic counterpart, Elaine de Kooning, kept a studio across the narrow harbor in the North West Woods; and Lucy’s mother, Lisa de Kooning, sculpted bronze-cast animals—elephants, cows, rams—many of which still keep watch over the house.—
Alessandra Schade,
Vogue,
7 June 2025
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In the weeks since the fragile detente, Washington has accused Beijing of slow-walking approvals for rare earth exports and reneging on its promise made in Geneva, with Trump expressing increasing urgency to speak to his Chinese counterpart to iron things out.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
7 June 2025
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“Contemporary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contemporary. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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