contemporaries
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While I’d sooner take life advice from my golden retriever than a chatbot, my parents aligned with their contemporaries in treating Claude as a Google substitute.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
This includes direct matchups against those contemporaries, 288 wins, some very impressive postseason wins and stats, and including shutouts that match those of other pitchers of his time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Unlike many of his contemporaries working in the big-budget space, Nolan has no affection for the slow build.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
The rejection of Victorian moral earnestness after World War I made the colorful Disraeli a more appealing character than his contemporaries, especially Gladstone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
In this he acted like his contemporaries and no one noticed anything out of the ordinary except Sourmelina.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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