contemporary

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The Fleischers and Disney were contemporaries, but the resemblance ends there.

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s amazing that we can do these things in contemporary neuroscience,” Ramirez said recently from his lab in Boston.

From Los Angeles Times

Young men and women mingled freely, perusing works of contemporary art and design objects while a band played live music in the background.

From The Wall Street Journal

As debates over the scope of presidential pardon power continue, Johnson’s decision serves as both a historical reference point and a lens for evaluating contemporary controversies.

From Salon

But among contemporary socio-economic parables, Mr. Park’s latest is an amusingly cutting one.

From The Wall Street Journal