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contemporary

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Ryan Campbell, Durham coach and contemporary of Spencer at Western Australia, said he was "ridiculously and frighteningly fast".

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British playwright Tom Stoppard, a major figure of contemporary theater who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s ‘Shakespeare in Love,’ has died.

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They did not look quaint or musty but decidedly contemporary, even stylish.

As with the adoption of Casual Fridays, the first sally in the contemporary battle for comfort, there remains confusion as to what exactly constitutes acceptable office attire.

Now, Blind Date is set for a relaunch on Disney+, "reimagined for a contemporary audience" according to the streaming site.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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