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contemporaneously

American  
[kuhn-tem-puh-ray-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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Etymology

Origin of contemporaneously

contemporaneous ( def. ) + -ly


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She contemporaneously shared this fear with a colleague.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

"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

These species once lived geographically separate, but contemporaneously; and they and their specific peculiarities have perished, to rise again in our domestic races.

From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol 3 of 3) Post-Darwinian Questions: Isolation and Physiological Selection by George John Romanes

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