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contemporaneous

[kuhn-tem-puh-rey-nee-uhs] / kənˌtɛm pəˈreɪ ni əs /


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A fundamental tension has always underlain the history of the Civil Rights movement, much as it did contemporaneous news coverage.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

But Mrs Justice Tipples said there was no contemporaneous evidence demonstrating the condition of the phone immediately before or after the incident.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

“In all our dealings with Mr. Sanberg, both directly and through his counsel, he provided information that was consistent with our review of contemporaneous documents and other evidence,” wrote Dave Anders of Wachtell Lipton.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

She was very contemporaneous with Our Bodies Ourselves.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

It is a thousand years old, roughly contemporaneous with a report of an organ at Winchester Cathedral that boasted an extraordinary four hundred pipes.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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