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coeval

[koh-ee-vuhl] / koʊˈi vəl /
ADJECTIVE
contemporary
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This approach examines only supernovae from young, coeval galaxies -- those with stars of similar ages -- across the entire redshift range.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2025

He died at 94, his life nearly coeval with the 20th century.

From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2018

That’s what Deford was thinking about thirty years ago, when he wrote about Gus Johnson, Deford’s own preferred sporting coeval.

From The New Yorker ● May 30, 2017

Martin Scorsese, Spielberg’s coeval and the director of roughly the same number of films, has helped five actors to Oscars.

From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2012

The temple of Ptah was coeval with the city of Memphis itself.

From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce


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