coextensive
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The spread of his works was coextensive with the rise of romanticism in Europe.
From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2024
As I’ve explained before, the Supreme Court has long held that the scope of Congress’ investigatory power is coextensive with the scope of its power to legislate.
From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2020
The rights of citizenship of the native born and of the naturalized person are of the same dignity and are coextensive.
From MSNBC ● Jan. 6, 2016
The history of jazz is coextensive with the history of recording; it’s a media-centric art form, but the essence of jazz is performance.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 10, 2014
In criticism, therefore, the growth of classicism is more or less coextensive with the growth of the conception of the fable, or plot, as an end in itself.
From A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism by Joel Elias Spingarn
