Example Sentences

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Though she would have been only 46 by now, her stories already seem noncontemporary in their passion for the art of fiction.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021

Others on Mr. Gripper’s program include the contemporary Brazilian composer Egberto Gismonti and the decidedly noncontemporary German composer Johann Sebastian Bach.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2014

The paneled library with its early 19th century English desk is the only noncontemporary room in the apartment.

From Time Magazine Archive