contemporaries
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The second defendant, N, was found by experts to have an IQ in the bottom 1% compared with his contemporaries.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Rollins survived virtually all of his contemporaries from the 1950s and ’60s, the period in which the fundamental elements of the contemporary jazz that followed for the next half-century were established.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
Rollins had never been perceived to be the single most influential or glamorous artist of his generation but, as he gradually outlived all of his most accomplished contemporaries, his genius came into even sharper relief.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
But a narrative throughline hellbent on retribution neatly threads Harris’ fiery aesthetic choices together, giving “Is God Is” far more substance — and much more thematic intrigue — than its contemporaries.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
It puzzled contemporaries just as it puzzles us.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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