contemporaneous
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"She's a diplomat, not a D-list celebrity. My 15-year-old, social media obsessed, brother is less shameless in his self-promotion," reads some contemporaneous testimony.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
If the trust was never executed, no loan documents were signed, and no contemporaneous bank records confirm the transfer, your brother may have engaged in “unjust enrichment,” which can affect both liability and limitation periods.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 2, 2026
Some economic data, such as last month’s unemployment rate and consumer-inflation numbers, can’t be compiled retroactively, the Labor Department has said, because they rely on contemporaneous surveys.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025
He said the paper had produced "no contemporaneous record or corroborating evidence to support these disputed recollections from nearly 50 years ago".
From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025
But official records and the contemporaneous testimony of friends do not seem to support her version of their ages.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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