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contemporaneously

American  
[kuhn-tem-puh-rey-nee-uhs-lee] / kənˌtɛm pəˈreɪ ni əs li /

adverb

  1. during the same time period.

    A number of state constitutions were adopted either prior to or contemporaneously with the federal Constitution and Bill of Rights.


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Origin of contemporaneously

contemporaneous ( def. ) + -ly

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"The idea that they lived contemporaneously may not be a surprise. But this is the first time demonstrating it. I think that's really huge."

From Science Daily • Nov. 28, 2024

Jan Arnold, a New Zealand doctor and climber who was on Everest contemporaneously, vividly explains the physical toll that acclimating to the mountain can take.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2024

As a result, by-elections sometimes produce much bigger swings to the opposition than is contemporaneously registered in the polls.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2023

As Web 2.0 was contemporaneously being born in fits and starts, Second Life promised its users arguably the most ambitious form of social networking and user generated content.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2022

Likewise peoples have lived contemporaneously side by side, but ignorant of the treasures of folk-gems that lay hidden and wasting all about them.

From Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes by Odum, Howard W.

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