contempo
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of contempo
By shortening; see -o
Example Sentences
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Variety wrote, “This slacker prince forms a sinkhole at the center of adaptor-helmer Michael Almereyda’s otherwise compelling contempo update.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2018
This 85-room hotel is colorful, contempo and proudly design-oriented, with a lively lobby and bar.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2017
And then there are the performances, which so far are equal parts hip-hop history, contempo vamping, and affectionate schlock hilarity.
From The New Yorker ● May 28, 2015
But like Eugene Speicher, whose two best figure paintings other than The Actress were acquired by the Toledo Museum and the Whitney Museum, Hopper is contempo rary chiefly in the sense that he is reportorial.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not until she and her contempo raries began their bold experimenting did English art outgrow the Royal Academy.
From Time Magazine Archive
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