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as in to accompany
to occur or exist at the same time the 1960s, a decade in which the Cold War, the race to the moon, the Vietnam War, and the civil rights movement all concurred

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as in to cooperate
to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end all sides concurred to pass the reform legislation on campaign financing

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How does the verb concur contrast with its synonyms?

The words agree and coincide are common synonyms of concur. While all three words mean "to come into or be in harmony regarding a matter of opinion," concur often implies approval of someone else's statement or decision.

if my wife concurs, it's a deal

When would agree be a good substitute for concur?

While in some cases nearly identical to concur, agree implies complete accord usually attained by discussion and adjustment of differences.

on some points we all can agree

When is it sensible to use coincide instead of concur?

The words coincide and concur can be used in similar contexts, but coincide, used more often of opinions, judgments, wishes, or interests than of people, implies total agreement.

their wishes coincide exactly with my desire

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Recent Examples of concur Reinert concurs that additional legal challenges can be brought in the court system depending on the way other state laws are phrased or organized. Solcyré Burga, Time, 18 June 2025 Kavanaugh was part of the court majority on Friday but wrote a separate concurring opinion. Arkansas Online, 28 June 2025 In a concurring opinion, Justice Caleb Stegall criticized the majority opinion’s characterization of prosecutors’ overreach. Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 28 June 2025 But a majority of senators did not concur with amendments added by the House, which sent the measure to a conference committee to resolve the differences between the two bills. Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 25 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for concur
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  • The University of Pennsylvania agreed to a resolution with President Donald Trump's administration to keep males out of women's sports and apologize to every woman swimmer who was affected by the presence of trans athlete Lia Thomas in the 2021-22 season.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2025
  • With Mitchell agreeing to his new two-year, $24 million deal with the Heat on Saturday, his salary for this upcoming season can start as low as $11.5 million.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 1 July 2025
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  • The black paint on accompanying bicycle pumps also exceeded federal lead limits for paint.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
  • Weber’s music accompanies a story about love, hunting and a deal with the devil gone awry.
    Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 11 July 2025
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  • The driver, identified only as a man, stopped at the scene and cooperated with the investigation.
    Jason Green, Mercury News, 8 July 2025
  • Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson continued to buck Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a pledge not to cooperate with them on Tuesday.
    Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2025
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  • The first episode of Beyond the Villa coincides with the season 7 finale of Love Island USA on July 13 at 9 p.m. ET, exclusively on Peacock.
    Julia Moore, People.com, 14 July 2025
  • Some of the camp games are just for fun, while others coincide with a lecture and a life lesson.
    Paul Bersebach, Oc Register, 12 July 2025
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  • Humans have lost the ability to coexist in harmony with the natural world, Thunder Hawk said, voicing a concern shared by Indigenous people from the Chilean Andes to the U.S.-Mexico borderlands.
    Giovanna Dell'orto, Twin Cities, 13 July 2025
  • Though the tumultuous fallout happened nearly a decade ago, fans of the show, including Palmer, cannot help but wonder how the two continue to coexist within the same social circles in the Atlanta scene.
    John Lawson, Essence, 10 July 2025
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  • Cross-Silo Collaboration Barriers AI developers attempting to collaborate across silos (such as government agencies) where data sharing is challenging or explicitly forbidden are able to exchange synthetic datasets.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
  • Robin has also collaborated with Francesco Caracciolo di Marano on Robicara, a collection of custom furniture and accessories.
    Dan Howarth, Architectural Digest, 7 July 2025
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  • But the urge to denigrate public education has become one of those odd obsessions that unite the nutty left and kooky right.
    Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2025
  • The city united and made a great case for the festival, said Josh Heuser, co-founder of the city's popular light festival Blink and the underground bar and theater Ghost Baby.
    Randy Tucker, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025

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“Concur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concur. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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